Monthly Archives: July 2006
Lobster Pound
One of the neat things we did while in Maine was to visit a lobster pound, and have dinner there. (shown at right my wife and I enjoy our lobsters at Thurston’s) A lobster pound is an imPOUNDment of seawater near a harbor when lobsters are held until they are sold on the wholesale or [...]
San Benedetto
Today is the feast of our holy father among the saints Benedict. St. Benedict is the father of western monasticism. His Rule, written about 1,500 years ago is still used by Benedictine men and women today in their monasteries. St. Benedict is particularly meaningful to me, as the seminary I attended was run by the [...]
LOBSTERS
Most of my friends know that I enjoy gourmet cooking, and that my wife and I love to travel. In fact, my wife was a travel agent when we were first married, which facilitated lots of wonderful trips that we would not have been able to take otherwise. What’s the best way to combine these [...]
Checking in with the new Boss
It’s been about 15 months now that Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was elected pope. I had previously prognosticated about how his reign might be here. It might be fun to compare those predictions against how things have unfolded thus far. Papa Ratzzy will not be a globe trotter – I would say this is largely true, [...]