I have a thin day today. It’s time to answer mail, but I’ve been hit with a lot of one-liners lately. I think it’s because Spring is coming to Saint Paul and we all have better things to do than comment on blogs at length. Well, I’m trying to scrounge up work so I have better things to do, too, so here’s this week’s mailbag.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Cultural Catholic
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the USofA has given many people a reason to think about what it means to be Catholic. This is a secular land where religious identities and practices meld and mix with each generation. What is a Catholic in this world?
Taxing
I finished my taxes, barely on time. The last minute rush to get them in is a feature of life in the USofA; even if you got yours done early, you hear a lot of carping from the many procrastinators around you.
Light & Fluffy
For those of us in the USofA, it’s the day our taxes are due. I’ll keep it brief.
This is Tuesday, the day that I post some of your letters. Author’s Den recently implemented comments with each post, which made me think of abandoning this little ritual. Sadly, you have to be a member of Author’s Den to post a comment. That’s not enough to replace the weekly post of your letters, so here we are.
Work
A century ago, work was hard and physical. People mostly worked in either factories or fields and produced something tangible at the end of the day or season. Work was all about manipulating the real world and making things.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 