Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling Gardening season is obviously in full swing. I have grown from seeds all the tomatoes I'll need. I should have extra for my neighbor. My sweet pepper sprouting, as always, has been far less successful, but I think I have about a dozen seedlings that will

Miscellaneous Rambling Those pictures yesterday perfectly capture a project I've long thought (fantasized) about: building a local outdoor shrine. An actual "shrine," of course, requires designation by the bishop, but it'd be a shrine in intent, if not official approval. I always thought such

Due to an odd confluence of events, I ended up going to Mass by myself at this great little church yesterday evening (well, 4:00): I then trekked ten minutes south and stopped by the memorial celebration of a long-time client of mine. I had no idea he had built

> “We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”-G.Orwell pic.twitter.com/B7l1OVeCuQ [https://t.co/B7l1OVeCuQ] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) May 12, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/730860719202148352]

Dang it! I'm kicking myself. I had a pretty good BYCU planned, then got so wrapped up in gardening and drinking last night, I forgot to blog. So I'm going to save it. For today, I'm merely going to mention the Moscow Mule I

> Precisely! Fascists just a cheap brand of envy-driven hatred for only REAL force of progress worldwide: Bourgeoisie. https://t.co/NOEi4genWR > — John Zmirak (@JZmirak) May 19, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JZmirak/status/733121821634007048] > #NeverTrump [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeverTrump?src=hash] people act like there was nothing

"Prostitution is legal in Nevada but mandatory in D.C." Bill Kauffman _____________________ ". . . an isolationist America is a peaceful America; had we minded our own business, bin Laden and his deranged murderers would be as indifferent to our land as George W. Bush is to the works of

Miscellaneous Rambling If my Vegas posts inspire you to visit Sin City, check out this great piece about the hipsterdom of downtown [http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/usa-long-haul/las-vegas-starts-pulling-cool-7965131] . I guess I must be a hipster at some level, though you'd hardly know it by seeing

Miscellaneous Rambling I really enjoy vegetable gardening, but I have a hard time justifying it if I'm merely pulling produce at the time that I can find cheap fresh-cut produce throughout my rural area at a dozen frontyard stands: 25 cents a cucumber, 20 cents a tomato, $1

So I get back from Traverse City late yesterday afternoon, go to Mass, get dinner, and doze off on the family room floor. A local high school game of assassin wakes me at around 11:00, with a bunch of excited teenage kids coming through the house. A friend, in