My harvest yesterday. Not pictured: two dozen hot peppers, a second batch of grapes, and two large cucumbers. Monday Miscellany My family's favorite of the Olympics so far? Team handball. I'd never seen it before. It's pretty cool. * * * * * * * We downloaded the NBC Live Olympic

"There is nothing . . . we have to choose." de Caussade

I read that one of the presidential debates will have a town hall format where citizens will ask the candidates questions. The most common question: “Are you the only two choices? -- Mobile post

Two Things 1. Have you ever heard of the "Holy C"? It's a phrase used by NPR to refer to "Holy See" in this article yesterday [http://www.npr.org/2012/07/25/157356092/bishop-explains-vaticans-criticism-of-u-s-nuns] . If you&

Miscellany The first Olympic record has already been broken: 150,000 Free Condoms to Be Distributed to Athletes at Summer Olympics in London [http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/11255914?mailing_id=1735&linksrc=mb_main_col_3] . Maybe we should call it the "Bonelympics." * * * * * * * Do

One of the nicest advantages of living in a town (but not a village): the movie theater is situated downtown, within walking distance. And for me, the theater is within crawling distance. It's just three doors down from my office. Last night, I worked until 6:45, then

Autobiographical Corner I'm back. I went to Alpena, Michigan, for eight days. My family has a cottage on Lake Huron that has been in the family since 1945. We relaxed, played games, took a shipwreck tour [http://www.alpenashipwrecktours.com/] (there are over 100 wrecks in the Alpena

"True discipleship hinders no one; on the contrary, it perfects everything; and that which runs counter to the rightful vocation of any person is, you may be sure, a mistaken devotion." St. Francis de Sales