Today is my father’s Jahrzeit (the anniversary of his death). My usual commemoration takes the form of an outdoor adventure, honoring the curiosity about the natural world that he passed down to me. But recently I’ve been spending time communing with him – through his writing – about something else…
As many pixels as there are on the internet dedicated to cats – and cat-a-day calendars before that – I’ve always been surprised at the lack of songs about them. I am intimately familiar with the kind of companionship that this monk feels with his white cat, Pangur (though I’ve…
“But not a tear can I squeeze from my eyes…” 13th Century, trans. Sean O’Faolain, from “At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory“ In January of 2016, I cancelled all my commitments and stayed for a week at The Hermitage, a tiny house on the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, DC….
This is a long post that goes into specifics about my recent experience trying to get this blog started and why I chose wordpress.org over wordpress.com. It’s an account of my personal experience, and I’m not endorsing or non-endorsing anything. And I’m certainly not getting paid. I’m from the Digital…
