Left about 11 am with the sun shining and dry feet, though bundled to the hilt against the close to freezing winds, and made it to St Sulpice in time for the end of mass and the magnificent organ concert. The music was particularly uplifting given the grandeur of the surroundings and the memory of what happened last weekend. We were all spellbound by the soaring and triumphant music. Found a tiny cafe which was […]
Today is the birthday of my tenth grandchild, my seventh granddaughter. But we are waiting for the party to begin and have not met little Lani yet. She is already deeply loved here on Earth by doting parents, a brother and sister, grandparents on both sides and many other friends and family. She has been woven in secret mystery inside her mother, my own eldest daughter, by a God who loves her deeply too. We […]
It’s always kind of a letdown. No matter how “well” everything went, we humans are not meant for this sustained level of intensity and special-ness. Every meal, dish used (I am in the kitchen a lot), activity, and outfit, all must be different, special, festive, to commemorate the awesomeness of our Savior’s birth. And it is true that his coming is a wonderful and amazing thing. But the season never quite lives up emotionally, or […]
A handful of quietness 