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A few things: Tomorrow I'm going to try to follow through with this idea for Lent: https://thecorners.substack.com/p/40-days-of-good-shit-a-lenten-discipline?fbclid=IwY2xjawQBsBRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeV7smekCx5DwZNh6uPUd0eI6Ehw0_S7HWV2pJE8iABBpPdzTKpBVsHDMcujM_aem_n1KOsDtReymtsTA3kyfZhQ I spent the last week in Southern California to attend the passing of my girlfriend's Aunt. She battled Parkinson's for a long time, and she seemed to be at p

I used to LOVE the month of January. After all, I was born in January! January 6, 1968, to be precise. Yes, that means I’m old, but it also means that I’m a Christmas Baby! And not just a Christmas Baby, but an Epiphany Baby! That’s right, Christians! I was born on the day that the Wise Men finally got to Jerusalem to check out Baby Jesus. I’m a “Twelfth Night” baby, baby! Paul Oakley Stovall steals many a scene as Malvolio in “Twelfth Night.” Photo by Liz Lauren for the Ch

Look, I know it’s been a while since I’ve written here. But, in my defense, I’ve been busy! Busy writing! And taking vacations! And working! And dealing with (gestures frantically in the air) all of this! Everything is fine . For a while, I was disappointed in myself for not writing anything here. But then I realized that this is my space and I can do what I darn well want with it. So, I gave myself some grace and got back to the business of living my life as best I can. From

The word “blog” seems quaint, doesn’t it? And yet, I remember when the word came into the popular vernacular. Am I old? That’s it, isn’t it? Sigh. Anyway, I do remember a time when blogs were considered cool. If you had a blog, that meant you were an “online person”. And not many people were online people back in the late 90s and early 2000s. Not all of the blogging platforms were free ( Blogger didn’t come along until 1999 ), so blogging wasn’t something that great numbers o

I mean… this isn’t my first blog post. I don’t remember when I made my first blog post. Way back in the before times, no doubt. So, why this