Title Varies Slightly

When I was a little girl, about six or seven, I knew something that turned out not to be true. I thought that when I grew up, I’d be able to walk and use my hands easily and speak clearly, just like “regular” kids. You see, I had read Heidi, and at the end of [...]

This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Easter; Divine Mercy Sunday; and Yom ha-Shoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, I received through e-mail this remarkable recording. From the narrator’s voice at the beginning, I can tell this clip was broadcast on a National Public Radio program.I cannot find it there, though, and so [...]

The creator of “B.C.” and “The Wizard of Id,” Johnny Hart died on Holy Saturday. He was 76.
Hart was a “born-again Christian,” who sometimes upset people by inserting Christian and Biblical themes into his strips. I didn’t always like the way he viewed relations between the sexes, but I always knew his strips would [...]

Today’s first Mass reading has always been one of my favorites. When I was little, I loved it because Peter healed the lame man, and I thought maybe Jesus would heal me the same way someday. (That was a dream that died a hard death, and is something I should blog about soon.)
Now I [...]