Tom Faranda's Folly

This is the fourth edition of a book which first came out in 1968, which I read probably around 1970, and which as the name implies is all about walking. Or more accurately about hiking, backpacking and camping in all sorts of environments and situations. The author is a colorful character named Colin Fletcher, although … Read more

Lent began a little early this year, with Ash Wednesday last Wednesday. So we are five days into it. I am making a conscious effort to make a "good" Lent. One thing I am going to do is try and use the Magnificat prayer book on a very regular basis, with the hope that this … Read more

Today the BIG match in the European Six Nations Championship will be England playing Ireland at a venue called Croke Park. And for more reasons then it just being an important International rugby match. This is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association, and rugby is not normally played there. However Ireland’s rugby ground is … Read more

For awhile we have been spotting bald eagles in our neighborhood (only 35 miles north of Manhattan). About four months ago an eagle sat up in a (big) tree in the back of our neighbor’s yard across the street (UPDATE: Brigid says it was more like two years ago, and there were two of them, … Read more

Amazing. Here Chavez takes the advice of the NYT and look what happens (The link to the NY Times will only bring you to the story for free, for one week. After that you’ll have to join TimesSelect [$50/yr. – some people actually pay it] to read it. The Times believes in a market economy … Read more

Feeling much better six days into the antibiotic regimen – cough is almost gone. And went to the gym yesterday and today. Did 20 minutes on the bike, stretched and lifted weights yesterday – felt pretty good. Today rode the bike for 28 minutes and then struggled on the ellyptical machine for 14 minutes. Really … Read more

The following two articles – something about mis-placed priorities? Top News- Hunger Kills 18,000 Kids Each Day, U.N. Says – AOL News "The little girl in Malawi who’s fed, and goes to school: 50 percent less likely to be HIV-positive, 50 percent less likely to give birth to a low birth weight baby," he said … Read more

And it’s Fordham Prep. I’d written about this issue here – and there’s also a good picture of Joe doing  one of the things he finds cool …Tom Faranda’s Folly: On the Faranda domestic front A friend of ours (Laurie Hurley) emailed me tonight asking what we were doing and here’s the gist of what … Read more

N.T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham (England) and also a leading scriptural scholar. (By the way, for some reason he doesn’t use his full name when writing and publishing – the N.T. stands for Nicholas Thomas.) I’ve been wanting to read a sample of his work, and "The Challenge of Jesus" was a … Read more