By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Does art change us? Does its effect linger and sink into our DNA beyond the mere moment of initial existential enjoyment? I don’t have scientific proof,…
Posts published in September 2024
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A pair of initials carved into a wooden bar at a historic Chicago hotel have taught me about the myriad ways people express their love. During…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The first time I took my family, including a grandchild, to my favorite Northern Utah pumpkin patch, I suspected the youngest among us would enjoy it.…
What’s happened, three years after my book “Monastery Mornings,” to the Utah Trappist monks and their lovely old abbey?
5 By Michael Patrick O’Brien– In the Fall of 2021, I published a book about growing up at a now-closed Trappist monastery in rural Northern Utah. Telling that wonderful story has…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The only monk who ever came to my house for dinner was the one I never expected to be there. It happened quite serendipitously, just before…