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Notre Dame of Maryland University’s Sister Maura Eichner Award for Young Poets is accepting entries through Dec. 2.

John and I did not take our boys to their cousin Georgie’s burial two weeks ago, but I have been wanting to show them where he is buried.So one day last week Daniel and I went. We found two sticks and made a cross on Georgie’s grave, which isn’t marked

I try not to think about death. When you’re prone to hysteria and crippling panic attacks, as I am, mental health professionals advise against it. We’re trained to avert our thinking to something more pleasant. Usually it’s not too hard to do.Lately, Collin has been throwing the term “die” around,

Goodnight, Moon-inspired art project by Daniel, though Abrakadoodle deserves some credit.When I heard that the Minotaur I rocket would be launched at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday from Wallops Island, Va.—and that viewers throughout the Mid-Atlantic would be able to see it—I was excited.At dinner John and I told the boys

More Americans than ever are turning to cremation.

    The John Carroll faculty is meeting today to discuss a new and improved system for professional evaluation. Today’s saint, Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus in Latin), seems to be the perfect fit for the day as he was known as the “teacher of everything there is to know.” Born in 1206