From the Zoology Department of RevGals, this Friday has Gone to the Animals! Best wild animal story… That would have to be when I came home from work in southern Louisiana only to be greeted by members of my community standing in the kitchen, waiting for me. “We have a problem.” “Um hmmm….??” “Go look…

Sometimes it feels so good to write a poem for Mary… I did the first one here and added another tonight. Can’t really explain the mood that leads me to it…only that sometimes I just need the refreshment that comes with it. Like cold sasparilla on a hot day, a nap, a walk with quiet…

For another step in the process of going to Chile for ten months, I have to submit an FBI background check. That requires fingerprints to be taken, a letter written, a payment included, and prayers sent that all arrives and it’s treated in a timely fashion. As I write this, I just got home from…

The closer I get to leaving the country for ten months, the more I find myself wanting or needing to spend time with friends who remind me by simple reassuring presence that they will still be here, that I will not be forgotten, that words will be read and responded to and thoughts/prayers sent forth,…

I had the best walk after Mass today. I set off across Union Square and headed down Broadway—there was a breeze, there was ample sunshine, there were wide sidewalks and fairly few people for it being such a perfect City day. It was great to feel so free, so relaxed and right with the world,…

While out today… 1. A woman playing Simon and Garfunkel on a saw. Yes, really. It was a completely “other” sound and rather ethereal. Wavy… and actually kind of neat. 2. A caffeine hyped chess player who could power a riding mower with his bouncing leg (which knocked into his pile of Crush and Mountain…

From the Pals at Rev Gals…It’s the Friday Morning Stretch! So how about you and your beautiful temple of the Holy Spirit? 1. What was your favorite sport or outdoor activity as a child? I enjoyed playing catch with baseball and mitt as well as with the frisbee. Favorite though…which plays into my responses for…

I am a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. When I entered, a friend who attended the liturgy approached me afterward and said, “I have no idea why anyone would want to do what you just did, but welcome.” Ironically, this is the same friend who later provided me with both the phone number of…

FROM REV GALS…IT’S FRIDAY FIVE TIME…THIS WEEK, A LOOK INSIDE THE WARDROBE! 1. Are you a hoarder, or are you good at sorting and clearing? Depends on what we’re talking about…clothing, I’m good at clearing. Pens/paper, not so much! I’ve been clearing out lately too–feels good to lighten the load on all fronts! 2. What…

I came across one of my favorite questions in the Gospels the other day—Who do you say that I am? Within those seven words is an endless fountain of contemplation that can be considered from a multiplicity of angles. Who at times might become what; say turns to draw, write, sculpt, see; am might slowly…