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Old-School Dangerous Play

I just spent three weeks in a state of continuous exhaustion with my six-year-old grandson, Goober. Seemed like a good idea at the time, my wife flying out to the […]

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Bad Air Day

[I wrote this post in August 2020, almost exactly one year ago near the beginning of a five-month stay in Northern California. Re-reading, it’s frightening how this summer is more […]

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Italian Neighbors

I’ve written before in my blog about the three years I lived in Italy. These blogs have included, inter alia, the Feast of the Epiphany, Italian courts, trains, and (goes without […]

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Last Century’s Pandemic

I’m taking a couple of weeks vacation and no one can make me feel guilty about it. Well, maybe a little guilty. I was raised and Irish-Catholic, so always have […]

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Catholic Bells and Smells

Considering the seriousness of many of my posts, I thought this week I’d address something less weighty while sticking to the general theme of Confession Is Good for the Soul. […]

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An Utterly Unreliable History of the Olympics

My personal history with the Olympics can be summarized as, “Geez, I’m four years older again already?” Yet I adore them, in both Summer and Winter flavors. It’s once again […]

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European Cup, Americano Style

There’s something happening here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear. The TVs in every bar/restaurant I’ve been in the last month have been showing… soccer. And even worse, European […]

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Remembering to Play

We did a lot of activities, new and old, during the Pandemic Epoch. But most weren’t play. Even stuff that might look like play wasn’t, being accomplished with the anxious […]

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Thing They Call Rodeo

I love rodeo. Really. This might seem strange for a guy who grew up in town and has mostly remained a town rat since heading off to college. How I […]

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My New Orleans, The City That Care Forgot

My New Orleans  College applications have become a traumatic right of passage for American kids. My daughter Peanut, a straight-A, very talented, quite zen, non-boy-crazy young lady turned into a […]

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