I arrived back home at 10:30 pm Saturday night after a two day drive from Thunder Bay. The Beginnings and Beyond Institute has definitely helped me focus on the work of Christian Initiation … an apprenticeship of adults into our Christian way of life. There is much to rethink and reformulate, how we invite and […]

I arrived at the Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday after having lunch with Michael earlier at the Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma. At the north head of the bay, I was almost midway up the height of the north tower. Breath-taking view. It was a clear day, but as I was crossing the bridge […]

After getting back from Vancouver on Saturday, my cousin Maria and I made the 5pm mass at St. Alphonsus in Ballard, which I celebrated. All went well, except for the fact that it was really really warm. But people were nice and welcoming. After mass, we had tempura at the Bush Garden, a popular Japanese […]

We arrived on Vancouver Island after noon on Thursday and my trusty GPS took us to an address in Victoria where Chris and Peggy from Charlottesville met us at the door. We took off for downtown as we had just a few hours. My cousin and I were due in Vancouver later that day. My […]

These days have been so warm in Seattle. I was told the city hit record highs yesterday with 107 degrees F. It’s usually cooler than this, so I am hoping it will be when I return someday. The Public Market and the famous Pike’s Fish Market … where the vendors chant and cheer and heave whole […]

Off the Oregon Coast — the Pacific Ocean. And I have pics of the Pacific from Sydney too. Now I have to go see the middle of it, like Hawaii. The iconic symbol of the 1962 World Fair. No, not me, the Space Needle in downtown Seattle. This picture was taken just before my cousin […]

I went to 7:30 am mass at Holy Spirit in Fairfield CA. Not thoroughly uplifting nor compelling. The priest talked about how the gospel was similar to the plot of the movie “Pay It Forward” with Haley Joel Osment because there was a boy with 5 loaves and 2 fish, and he “paid it forward.” […]

My flight landed at San Francisco International fifteen minutes early. Not the first time this has happened to me, but considering it was after midnight local time, and I was ready to lay me down to sleep … my poor legs were grateful. They had managed to remain immobile for five hours at seat 32A, […]