Joining the Jeep Wave Club

I drive a Jeep. It’s great! Although, if I’m honest, it’s a little bit more difficult to get into than any other car I’ve driven before. It’s been lifted, apparently? Someone told me that was the proper term for the big wheels it rides on. In my mind I look young and...

Someday at Christmas

I used to tweet a lot. Well, perhaps I like to pretend I tweeted a lot. And I could pretend what I would tweet about. For instance, I could say I ran a marathon, because I did run 26 miles once. But my sense of Irish Catholic guilt would stir me to confess the truth...

Telling a New Story Together

My colleague Marian is a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-the-job-done person. A nurse leader, she’s very well qualified, experienced, and with shining common sense. She’s been astonishingly valuable in these last few weeks since COVID-19 turned the world inside out and...

Rapping at Glastonbury

I’ve always wanted to go to the Glastonbury Festival. It’s a major music event in England that began in 1970 with 1,500 fans and has grown to over 200,000 attending annually. Think Woodstock and you’ll have an idea—a big field in the English countryside with a wide...

Ava Gets a Drum Pad

Somebody said once that Ringo Starr wasn’t the best drummer in the world, and he wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles! I’m not sure about that. My musical knowledge isn’t that strong, I’m afraid. All I know is, if someone ever asked me what drummers I’d ever...