Recently we took a pre-Thanksgiving week of vacation in San Diego. On Saturday morning, we went to Barrio Logan, a Hispanic neighborhood we’d learned about online. While we’d read interesting things about the area, we didn’t see much happening, other than a really...
Recently, Henry and I spent a Sunday afternoon in the small town of Tubac, Arizona. Like a number of smaller western towns (such as Silver City, New Mexico, where we used to live), Tubac is surviving, even thriving, by encouraging the development of a tourist-based...
My newest ministry adventure officially “goes public” today. Although Advent begins on December 2, my online retreat on Advent of Jesus through the Eyes of Others begins today. It begins before Advent because I wanted people to have time to get comfortable with the...
When I first met my husband, Henry couldn’t stand to eat turkey on Thanksgiving. This wasn’t because he hates poultry or is a vegetarian; as he likes to say, “I’ve clawed my way too far up the food chain to just eat vegetables.” It also wasn’t because of some...
The next few days will be focused on food for those of us living in the US, as we celebrate Thanksgiving this coming Thursday. While an increasing number of retail stores are trying to capture some of the Thanksgiving attention (and dollars), for most Americans...