Tom Faranda's Folly

As she goofs around with the card I gave her. The punch line was – she should spend the day doing what I usually do – Nothing…

So last night Brigid had a sudden yen for chocolate – and there was none in the house. Until … I remembered I’d picked up some chocolate for the boys to give to Mom. Dug it out at 25 minutes to midnight.  Here’s the kicker – the tag was still attached, which Brigid found uber … Read more

Even though I disagree with Kristoff on most things – although not on some of his ideas about fighting poverty – I've always felt that he's an honest NYT columnist, unlike, for example, Paul Krugman. It's really a great column. A Confession of Liberal Intolerance WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, … Read more

Brigid and I have been watching this series  and we both think it's pretty good – on the National Geographic channel. "The Story of God with Morgan Freeman" Here's an interview with Morgan Freeman as well as with the show's producer. Morgan Freeman talks about his journey to becoming 'a believer' in God "The Story … Read more

I posted about Fr. Berrigan here – Daniel Berrigan, SJ

I already posted this Brigid learns geocaching on yesterday’s Sugarloaf Mountain hike   with an amusing short video of Brigid finding a geocache, and here are a few more pictures. Sugarloaf is one of my favorite hikes – less than 2 and a half mile round trip with an elevation gain of about 900 feet. The … Read more

Good. Since I have no plans on retiring. From the Wall Street Journal.  

Jillion Potter, recently named captain of the USA sevens squad, hoping to go to the Olympics. Here's an article Jillion Potter and video below

A video from five years ago – Fr. Barron, now a Bishop. Not sure where he was giving this talk. "The entire universe has been loved into existence."

This was our “Hike of the Month” and I will be posting more pictures but wanted to put this short (minute and a half) video up. First the the “Magnificent 7” hikers. total # of years in the group = 458! OMG!! Sugarloaf , north of Cold Spring, is just about my favorite hike – … Read more