Pope Francis: a breath of fresh air for Catholicism

October 11, 2013
Veiled and dressed in white crinoline, my hands folded devoutly in front of me, I did the rituals of First Holy Communion and Confirmation just like every other good...

Hard-scrabble log cabin life in the West

October 10, 2013
Driving along the road to Ghost Ranch, the place that served as artist Georgia O'Keeffe's winter home, we came across this isolated log cabin with a nearby corral. Set...

Cracker Barrel is a walk down memory lane

October 9, 2013
Few things are so perfectly evocative as an Old Time Cracker Barrel restaurant. Since my husband and I began our first married life together in the South, I was shocked...

Easy one-dish recipe for lentils and sausage

October 8, 2013
Easy one-dish recipes quick to prepare? I'm all over them. I love to cook, but sometimes I don't want to spend an hour on a main dish recipe.  Here's one that's great...

New Mexican Mountain

October 7, 2013
New Mexican Mountain by Robinson Jeffers I watch the Indians dancing to help the young corn at Taos pueblo. The old men squat in a ring And make the song, the young...

In support of civilized discourse

October 6, 2013
There's too little civilized discourse these days, and too much heated rhetoric. Any chance to understand people who hold different beliefs is overwhelmed by insults...

Lighting candles in Santa Fe

October 5, 2013
When I saw this at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe its simplicity reminded of early Christians, for some reason. I'll take  simplicity...

The sacred and the profane

October 4, 2013
Girlfriend and I had a lovely afternoon of lunch and a visit to The Ark, a Santa Fe new age shop. We both bought tiny Buddhas, me, the Medicine Buddha pictured above...

Killing begets killing in an endless cycle

October 3, 2013
Nothing defines me as well as this poster that hangs on my office wall. Well, maybe there are other defining aspects of my life. But as naive as pacifism seems to...

Strolling in sunny Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 2, 2013
Open the door & come along for a stroll in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico. We're staying near the Plaza at the lovely Inn on the Alameda. Free parking, free...

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