Tom Faranda's Folly

This is amazing. Terrell is an attorney and ardent Democrat who frequently appears on FOX News to defend Democrat Party positions. However – law and order and school choice "Trump" party loyalty.  

His feast day was on the 28th. Brigid's lovely niece June sent this to Brigid.  "Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times"             (St. Augustine, Sermon 30). Ever ancient, … Read more

Sorry but this seems to be a pretty thin reason to cancel. They should allow it. Black Lives Matter Rally Canceled In Ossining. The rally will not happen Saturday as the community grapples with the repercussions of the controversial concert re-billed as a protest. Rally organizers Douglas Oliver and Spencer Thomas said on Facebook that … Read more

A military veteran and surgeon. Now the superior of her community in Washington. And quite amazing background if you hit the link – Sister Dede now spends her days as clinical director of the Catholic Charities Medical Clinic in Washington, where she cares for refugees, the poor and the uninsured. If her patients require surgery, … Read more

She seems to have an amazing resume. Scheduled for tomorrow. Go here – Catholic sister to speak at Republican Convention

For sure. And one in spanish.

This was yesterday – Brigid wondering why he kept gazing heavenward …   And here in 2012 –  

Thanks to my friend Linda for this. Click on the link below, and then click on any of the (tiny) dots on the map for a view of that exact street and building. From a survey done from 1939-1941!  It’s a little fiddly but quite neat once you get the hang of it. Full disclosure … Read more

I loved it. This is an obituary from the NY Times for "Marvin Creamer, a Mariner Who Sailed Like the Ancients, Dies at 104". No GPS for him, not even a sextant; the sun and the stars did nicely. He was the first recorded person to sail round the world without navigational instruments. And here's … Read more

Robert George – pretty well-known author and speaker. After all, you make "your own truth." That's him with Cornel West. Imagine that I am running for public office—say, president of the United States—and I claim to be a “committed secular progressive.” You say, “But Professor George, you're no such thing. You're not secular—you’re Catholic; you're … Read more