We didn't expect Tim to be playing football this year – he played in the Ossining Football Little League from the 2nd through 6th grades – because there was no 7th-8t grade team. Ossining has a junior high school team. Then this year they started a 7th – 8th grade little league team, so Tim is in … Read more
One of the heroes of the Franciscan sisters who taught me in grammer school. Editorial – Father Damien’s Message – NYTimes.com
"The Story of the Bataan Death March and it's Aftermath" I read a review of this book a several months ago in the NY Times and it was a very positive and intriguing review. I knew very little about the Bataan Death March, an infamous chapter in the war in the Pacific in WW II. After … Read more
New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's Husband Died on Mountain Climbing Expedition Clifton Maloney, a millionaire investment banker and avid climber, was resting in a high-altitude camp after a successful ascent to the summit of the world's sixth-highest mountain when he died. He was 71, a late age for such a grueling endeavor, but had … Read more
My friend Damian, whose wife Jeanne Marie sometimes joins Brigid and I and a few others for day hikes, sent me this, with the suggestion we do it. There’s a nice 11 picture slide show with the article, if you hit the link. 2 Days, 3 Nights, on a Path Named for a Devil – NYTimes.com “From … Read more
This was actually almost three weeks ago, and I started the post but haven’t had time to upload the pictures. Jeanne Marie Gagnon had a little (actually not so little – sorry to those whose picture I didn’t include) birthday gathering – organized by husband Damian. This was not a landmark birthday, just one of the in-betweener’s. … Read more
I read the first part when it came out two years ago, and it was excellent. Latest Read: Jesus of Nazareth
Theresa Bonopartis is the Director of Lumina, a service for post-abortive women. Besides counseling women, she conducts workshops for clergy and counselors who are serving women who've had abortions. Here she addresses an interesting issue; how pro-choice/pro-abortion advocates often blame religion for instilling guilt over having an abortion. It's a short essay; hit the link … Read more
Having overnight camped with Tim and Joe last night at West Point (Paintball – more on that in a day or two) I hit the gym at 4 o'clock this afternoon. i was doing my usual bench pressing thing (5 sets of 5 at 135 lbs.) and after finishing the fourth set got up and … Read more
Ahhh yes, there is no bias in the media. Here's the Daily Mail (UK) giving complete coverage: Up to two million march to US Capitol to protest against Obama's spending in 'tea-party' demonstration | Mail Online Here's the NY Times, on PAGE 37 of their first section, with In Washington, Thousands Stage Protest of Big Government … Read more