Earlier this week I realized Daniel was still awake, and the fireflies were starting to appear in our yard. We ran outside.At first Daniel couldn’t spot the fireflies. Quickly enough, though, he started seeing them against the darkening sky. And then, quite naturally, he wanted to catch one.He ran toRead More
OK, so I know that living here in Baltimore, the words “joy” and “public transportation” aren't usually found in the same sentence or even the same breath. As a frequent user of the MTA, I have often found the opposite attitude on a daily basis. The reasons are obvious: lackRead More
Guest blogger and dear friend, Susan Fisher, the retired John Carroll English Department Chairperson, enjoyed a wonderful Baltic cruise with her husband Dean four weeks ago. Today she shares her reflections on religion in Scandinavia and Russia.-------I had a lot to learn on our spring cruise to the Baltic. While weRead More
Ever since Leo and I went to the Walters Art Museum a few weeks ago, Daniel has been asking to see "the mummies and the armor." So on Saturday morning he and I set out on a special mama-son adventure.“Guess who’s the strongest!” he said as we drove. Before IRead More
When I was attending college in Lancaster, Pa., my friends and I never went to an Amish farm or visited the typical tourist attractions.But we did discover the Green Dragon, an extensive indoor-outdoor market that is open every Friday and sells almost anything you could think of, and then aRead More