Author: Tom Faranda

Not only was yesterday Brigid’s birthday, Tom Faranda’s Folly: Brigid’s Birthday but our Church hosted something called a Serenata (Serenade, in English), in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This is a huge feast day in the Hispanic world (especially Mexico) and the event was organized by the Church’s Hispanic ministy. (Never heard of Our…

Well it’s a big one. Brigid didn’t ask me to go to “The Source”, or some other jewelry emporium. Instead – she wanted a kayak. With thanks to my brother Jim for scanning in photos and slides. Please feel free to leave a comment for Brigid. Here’s a little visual history of Brigid since I’ve…

Yup. Day before yesterday. All 135 lbs of him. Interestingly, his birthday, Dec. 9th, is the feast of St. Juan Diego, the Indian who our Lady of Guadelupe appeared to. And Brigid’s birthday is Dec. 12th, the actual Feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe. Here’s a picture of Tim being given his trophy last week…

I mentioned awhile ago that Led Zeppelin, the Band that put the “Heavy” in “Metal”, was coming back for a Concert  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Led Zeppelin to do Tribute Concert and here Led Zeppelin | Rock Gods | Attitude at their reunion gig | The Sun |HomePage|Showbiz|Bizarre Evidently they still have it. Although check out…

the NY Times had a good editorial this morning. Delay, Obstruction and Darfur – New York Times The world’s leaders say they care desperately about Darfur’s suffering, until they get distracted. It took years of international hand-wringing before the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to send in 26,000 peacekeepers to replace a current…

Tuesday night a group of Fairfield alumni rugby players turned out at the White Horse Tavern in the Village for “a few beers a few laughs, and nobody gets hurt”, as John O’Neill (who couldn’t make it – in Hong Kong on business) might put it. I was actually the youngest in the group (finally…

This past Friday, I took most of the day off, and with Brigid headed back to where we and three other women had ended our Appalachian Trail walk, over a month ago. Tom Faranda’s Folly: Through the Lemon Squeezer Maria and Kathy were unable to go, but Karen and her husband Mike (and their dog…

in my opinion, since I am unaffiliated with any party, I have an extremely high level of mental health! The Gallup Poll people did a survey and found out the following: Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent,…