If you’d told me in March of 2016 when I first got this blog, thinking that I was going to write about nature and the Stations of the Cross, that I would spend the next seven years ranting about what a bad person Donald Trump was and having devout Christians clutch their pearls at me for doing so, I would have laughed at you. But you would have been right. Oh I’ve written quite a bit about nature and a... Read more
I drove out to the lake– not the nice clean lake where I like to go swimming, but a nice muddy lake in a state park way out in the country in Ohio. I went there to sit with my grief. Adrienne went with me, which is rarer lately. She is very happy in school and having all kinds of new experiences, but asks that I respect her privacy for awhile and don’t tell too many funny stories. She doesn’t... Read more
It happened as I was driving through The Bottleneck. I was on my way to the food pantry, still sick as I told you about yesterday, and I don’t know if that will ever stop. I was in that fugue state that insomnia sometimes produces, where everything looks abstract, alien, like a collection of shapes instead of a familiar object. And I was trying to navigate the worst narrow street between me and the edge of my neighborhood. This is a... Read more
I went for another hike in the woods, because I am a failure. The weekend wasn’t good. We continue to circle the drain with Twitter algorithms in shambles and the spontaneous tips that make up between one and two thirds of my income nearly gone. We had to borrow from a friend to make rent. Adrienne’s box of birthday cake mix was bought as a present by a nice lady in the Buy Nothing group. I was sick and... Read more
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o’clock, the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you... Read more
Hey hello everyone! It’s Mary Pezzulo, the Marchioness of Manners, here to tell you how you can bring many souls into the Catholic Faith by being horrible to them on the internet. Yes, the harvest is ready and the laborers are few, but fortunately, you have social media. Social media is a fabulous way to evangelize the multitudes for the glory of Jesus Christ, by being really really annoying. And the best part is, there are just four easy steps... Read more
Things went from bad to worse. Twitter, now called “X,” is collapsing like a souffle in a noisy room. All I see lately is content creators dismayed that they don’t get any of the clicks and engagement they used to. I am the same. I get paid by the click and by people who like my writing and feed my tip jar, so social media engagement is my whole living. I’ll remain on X until it goes under once... Read more
Nothing is as it ought to be– at least, that’s how it felt. Adrienne is happier than I’ve ever seen her in in her life, and adjusting to middle school like a koi fish released from a tiny bowl into a lake. It’s only I who am not doing well. I barely sleep at night. I sit bolt upright when she wakes up at 5:40 even though she wants to get ready by herself and take the municipal bus to... Read more
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a... Read more
I’m not going to embed any videos, never fear. Heck, I’m not going to even link to any videos. I’m going to do my best to not even DESCRIBE what Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and her date were doing to each other in that theater over the weekend. If you don’t know, ask someone with social media to tell you. It turns out she wasn’t thrown out of Beetlejuice for vaping, unless vaping is a new euphemism the kids are... Read more
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