— 1 —Who was it who said, “You can never go home again”? That person didn’t move back in with my parents last weekend. There are delicious hot dinners every night, a wonderful yard where the children can play, a screened-in porch that catches these marvelous breezes, my sister Treasa’s abandonedRead More

Today marks the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patroness of our beloved basilica in Baltimore.Read More

When the boys’ preschool asked each family to create a project for the family art show, I winced. It was due just days after our move out of our house.I wanted to skip it, but last year we had such a great time making a rocket. So I figured we’dRead More

Bishop F. Joseph Gossman, a former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore who served as the archdiocese’s first urban vicar, died Aug. 12.Read More

More than three years ago John and I talked about selling our house. We met with an agent, looked at a dozen houses, tried to get our house in order, and gave up. The timing felt wrong.So we stayed put, started the adoption process a second time, and brought DanielRead More

A guidance counselor once told Sony president Steve Mosko that he wasn't college material.Read More

— 1 —Last weekend we went out of town to what the boys call “The Cousins’ House” to get out of the way so John could get some packing and moving done. (They have other cousins, but the pack of four in one family earns them the formal title “TheRead More

Having conquered the world of “Cars,” Disney waves its anthropomorphic wand skyward in “Planes,” a delightful 3-D animated adventure.Read More