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Yours Truly, Father Dan

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Kathy

So one morning a few years ago I’m meeting Father Dan for breakfast at Yours Truly at Shaker Square and have in mind a paradox for him to consider. In his homilies, Father Dan frequently hammers home that we need … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Kathy

I’ve written a fair number of words about my friend Father Dan Begin and have decided for various reasons to begin sharing them now and then. A few years ago, when my church, St. Cecilia in Cleveland, was threatened with … Continue reading →

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Resolutions, 2017!

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Kathy

In 2003, I wrote a New Years column wherein I resolved, among other things, to remember where I parked at the mall, to carry empty coffee cups into the house from the car, and to close the kitchen drawer in … Continue reading →

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How To Be Happy

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Kathy

I’ve written a fair number of words about my friend Father Dan Begin and have decided for various reasons to begin sharing them now and then. This is a transcription of a homily delivered on August 3, 2008, in which … Continue reading →

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Circle Dance

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Kathy

Many years ago, my good friend Barb said something I never forgot. “People shouldn’t say they did the best they could. Nobody ever does the best they can,” she remarked with the wise authority of a person in her early twenties. Struck … Continue reading →

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Roxie and Verna

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Kathy

This whole dog thing started because of a story Verna used to tell over and over again. It was a very sad story I can’t bear to repeat, but it had to do with leaving behind her much-loved dog when … Continue reading →

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The Last Batch

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Kathy

Here you see my last seven Christmas cookies, who have been waiting  frigidly since December 23, 2015. Their sister cookies went into the oven and came out again on that Wednesday afternoon. When these were arrayed on the baking sheet, … Continue reading →

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KSU and the English Language

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Kathy

In his 1950 essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell wrote that the English language was in a bad way, hastening to clarify that he wasn’t talking about bad grammar. Instead, he was talking about verbosity, empty metaphors, and, … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Kathy

  It being October, you’re probably wondering whatever happened with my four summer tasks. Here they were, as I described them on May 6th: replacing the lining in my winter coat, buying a new hair-catching drain thingy for our upstairs … Continue reading →

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Ice Cream Adventure with John

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Kathy

John went in to East Coast Custard by himself while I sat outside with our dog. He came out with a milkshake. “I got something different,” he said proudly. I thought he was joking, assuming he ordered what he always … Continue reading →

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