Acts of Hope

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I must be one of the few Greensboro residents who keeps cross country skis by the front door. I live in hope. Also, I don't have enoug...

It snowed yesterday. It snowed today. We have over six inches of snow here in Greensboro. Trees near house, white sky, late afternoon, Dece...

... I think back to France, where I lived when I was growing up. I had hoped to be there for these holidays, but for a variety of reasons I...

Saturday was also the day of the first figs. The house I rent has a biblical back yard: a vine and two fig trees! The figs are now ripe, m...

Happy feast of Ignatius of Loyola . Here is another butterfly, fluttering about the flowers at noontime on a rare warm-but-not-hot grey day...

My friend Paul the BB is much more faithful than I in posting prayer concerns and requests in his "heart threads" and "Oremu...

Thank you, all, for your prayers . We welcome your weekend prayers too! An update on how everyone is doing. 1. I spoke with P. yesterday. ...

The snow has come, the snow has gone. The temperature went down to 9 degrees early in the week overnight and yesterday it was in the low 70...

Well, it turns out many of us didn't use most of our snow day for grading. We just enjoyed the day, rested, listened to music, noodled ...

... which of course means faculty can stay at home reading and grading, grading, grading because mid-semester grades are due in three days. ...

Dear all, I've wanted to post this for a while but did not want to do so without JohnieB's permission, which I just received along w...

This was about two months ago. As you see, the always extraordinary +Maya Pavlova, unlike most kittehs, does not fear the vacuum cleaner. Bu...

Heavy rains pound Italy, Rome declares emergency. Photo: Protezione Civile, Roma, via Reuters . Brother of Acts of Hope, who lives in Rome (...

Speaking of Venice (see previous post, immediately below)... Venice is flooded . Highest level in twenty years. Almost all streets are under...

We have had a few days of cold, crisp weather here. Last night as I was shutting down the computer I glanced at the weather information on t...

I read last night on my friend Paul's blog that Mt. Calvary , the California residence and retreat center of the Order of the Holy Cross...

Chicago was unusually warm and clear. Here in the Southland, we awoke to grey, chilly, wet weather. One of the trees in the yard to the side...

Grandmère Mimi of Wounded Bird is doing fine. I had a long-ish chat with her this evening (and a much shorter one yesterday) and she sends ...

Yes, same root as the French word troubadour . This is a music video, not live, but at least you can see the musicians. To my ear, there are...