By Gary Topping– “Hey Eric, what’s the weather going to be”? “The weather will be with us.” Eric Bayles’s concise cowboy wisdom proved to be true: the weather was indeed…
Posts published in January 2021
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Many folks scour the works of Kentucky Trappist monk/writer Thomas Merton seeking deep insight and inspiration. I am more crass and superficial. I searched his journals…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I knew all but two of the nine good men who served as abbots/superiors at the now-closed Holy Trinity Abbey in Huntsville, Utah. What I do…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– When trying to create an appealing cookbook, I suspect a writer typically would not include the words “hairy” and “lemon” in the title. Simon Cooper’s 2016…
By Michal Patrick O’Brien– Stuck here at home during the now-ended pandemic-plagued year of 2020, I really have not gone anywhere in a long time. Just as cabin fever was…