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0 By Michael Patrick O’Brien– One of the strangest parts of aging is going back to the places of your youth. Take, for example, my recent visit to my alma mater,…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– When I had to do some field research for my current writing project, I turned to Anne Holman and asked if I could visit with her…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A colorful painting of a bald man with large ears and a mischievous smile hung on an otherwise unadorned wall at the Trappist monastery in Huntsville,…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Monastery films are divine. The last four I’ve watched are especially memorable. Three of those films are about Holy Trinity Abbey, the now closed Trappist monastery…