Thanks to the Jesuit Post which I read faithfully, I discovered a new site, Happify, that I subscribed to today. This short, simple, well animated story from Happify tells how Read More
A Sign of Hope
As students at Immaculate Conception grammar school, we would say the “Stations of the Cross” on Fridays during lent. I kind of liked them as a great diversion from the Read More
The Power of Asparagus
My mother assigned daily chores to each of us. I remember periodically having to pick some wild asparagus that grew in our rock garden and bring it in for dinner Read More
A Tomorrow Called Hope
As a teacher, I always thought my first job was to create a safe space for all. If I was successful at that, then some learning on my students’ as Read More
Some Thoughts on “The News”
I’m not sure when television “News” (North, East, West, South) started becoming important to me. Actually, throughout most of my life I never had the time to watch it regularly, Read More
Life/Work Balance
Governments and corporations are not going to solve the work/life balance we need in our life. So says Nigel Marsh in his How to make work-life balance work in his Read More
Less is More
I believe in the “Too big to survive” theory of economics. While various articles about “Too big to fail” come up when I searched that on Google, I think the Read More
Developing a Healthy Media Diet
I used to turn on the news when I got out of the shower in the morning and consume it with breakfast. I don’t do that anymore. Instead, after showering, Read More