Friday cocktail – the Brown Derby

Scroll back if you want the history of the cocktail. There are mixed opinions on how much bourbon to use – 2 oz. as shown here, or 1.5 oz. See the Farandaville recipe and opinion below the video. Farandaville Recipe  We've had it with 2 oz and 1.5 oz of bourbon and prefer the 2 … Read more

Memorial Service – 80 years since we incinerated 100’s of 1000’s of civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What Archbishop Fulton Sheen said were the worst things done in U.S. history. On the 50th "Anniversary" of Nagasaki – the center of Catholicism in Japan – I was arrested at a protest with 20 other people including Fr.  Daniel Berrigan. We never had to appear in court as charges were dropped.  I'll be here … Read more

“Woman’s healing from incurable disease officially presented as Lourdes’ 72nd miracle”

Beautiful story – hit the link! "During a July 25 press conference, alongside Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes, Father Michel Daubanes, the rector of the Lourdes sanctuary, and Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis, the sanctuary’s permanent doctor, Roca detailed her miraculous healing from Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS), which was attributed to the intercession of … Read more