Coltette let it drop on Instagram that she's expecting a pair of grandsons by the end of the year. I guess every generation deserves its Hope and Crosby.

The Hopes (Jr. and Sr.) lost their father a week or so ago. St. Michael's is just getting word of it now since the family relocated to Arizona nearly ten years ago. You may remember the older brother as part of that remarkable team of Sunday School juniors and seniors, "Hope and Crosby" who caught my attention every time they appeared at the late ( Read more... )

Okay, first a little background. Pablo is an Unreliable Narrator, a fictional character with flaws. When you see something through their eyes, it is usually through the haze of a lot of issues and internal contradictions, thus, misunderstood and thus unreliable - if taken literally. Some famous Unreliable Narrators through history have been ( Read more... )

St. Michael's continues to limp its way toward the end of summer finish line ( Read more... )

This morning's Mass was a clash of St. Michael's Past and St. Michael's Present. The only thing missing was St. Michael's Future ( Read more... )

St. Michael's pulled out all the stops this morning. There was the customary brass quartet to help usher in the cross team. The piece sounded very like the Ruffles and Flourishes pick up from "Hail To the Chief ( Read more... )

Miss Honey is teaching the 11-12th graders in Sunday School this year. This should be put on film.

Crosby and Hope were back in church today. Usually, my heart sings when I see them together. But, today was different somehow. There is sadness in the air, almost as if they are going through a rite of passage of some kind ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here typing during a thunder storm which I probably shouldn't be doing; it started out as a pleasant little shower just as I emerged from the subway on the way home from church ( Read more... )

Nice, easy weekend. Summer arrived. Caught up on sleep ( Read more... )