Today was my first day back in the office after the gas explosion and building collapse two weeks ago. I was home sick when it happened, and I’d been working from home since, while the office was being thoroughly cleaned of dust. I have never been more grateful for a head cold than for the one that… Read More Almost a corner office
March is my favorite month: the simple, quiet joys of Lent, the hope of spring and thawing snow, St. Patrick’s Day, the Solemnities of St. Joseph and the Annunciation, and—of course—March Madness. Even though I’m dead last in my family bracket pool at the moment, I’m enjoying the games and the upsets. I didn’t pick Georgia State… Read More The most wonderful time of the year
Since last I posted: —I immediately lost my Metrocard again and couldn’t find it. —I woke up Saturday morning (my very last day without dental coverage) with an infected wisdom tooth. I then spent all day trying to find a dental urgent care that could see me, but they were all full. I ended up… Read More So much for that…
Linking up with Kelly. —1— You’ve probably heard that we had a blizzard here in New York this week. As a result, I had a half day of work on Monday and a snow day on Tuesday. Not bad. It’s been quite a while since I’ve had a snow day…the last time involved a lot… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Snow days, Disney music, and disasters averted
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice. —St. Francis de Sales I am currently without wifi in my apartment, hence the silence here. That should be fixed soon enough. For some reason I’ve been thinking a lot of Orange lately; I think that in the midst of a New York January I have… Read More Everyday details
I moved into a new apartment yesterday. It’s a mess right now.
[Family visited me in California in January] [Hung out with the Disneyland ducks at work] [Played tourist in LA with my mom and saw The Book of Mormon] [Went biking in Huntington Beach] [Introduced my dad to his new favorite Cuban restaurant] [Got accepted to the Columbia Publishing Course] [Spent Easter with my dad, my cousin, and… Read More Highlights of 2014
Today I am tired. I have a cold. Last week I was glutened. So there hasn’t been much of this Christmas break when I haven’t been sick in some way—never totally out of commission, but always a little under the weather. And yet I haven’t lowered my expectations of everything I’d hoped to get done… Read More In the bleak midwinter
6:30 AM: Alarm goes off. I hit snooze while still asleep. 6:40 AM: Still asleep, hit snooze; the action is incorporated into my dream. 6:50 AM: Same. 7:00 AM: Same. 7:10 AM: Kind of wake up, enough to walk to the bathroom in a daze. Brush my teeth. Start to get dressed. 7:20 AM: Alarm… Read More Morning in the life
Last week I went to a lecture by Professor Duncan Stroik on Franciscan architecture. I had to leave early (downside of living in Jersey), but it was interesting. He talked about the meaning of building a church for the poor in an architectural sense, how the churches of the Franciscan order—an order rooted in poverty—are… Read More Sacred spaces
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