Frmr news editor, nonprofit outreacher. Now I garden, make art & farmers’ market food as The Faerie Baker @PalomaStreetMarket on IG & FB. Love is real.
When I was a teenager, in the days before GPS, my father used to make hand-drawn maps for me when I was planning to drive somewhere. They included instructions like "left turn where we saw that fawn" and "keep going," and I'd take getting lost any day to feel that found again.
The crescent moon from a couple of mornings ago reminded me of an upcycled art piece and accompanying two stanza Haiku I created a couple of years ago during a period of whimsy. 🌙
People comment on the Holy Father’s appeals for peace as if unaware that contemporary warfare includes massive suffering & casualties of non-combatants. The lost innocents are not “regrettably necessary”. They are the judgment of God on us, the blood on our hands of Isaiah 1,15.
Sky full of stars.
Following a successful lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026.
Pray much for the Holy Father, listen to him, offer your penances for him. This is our way of closing ranks, and it has nothing to do with how the world does it.
Last night, I was a Catholic welcomed at Jewish Friday night services, in a building where a community group of Muslims were also having their prayers before breaking the Ramadan fast for the evening. That’s the way it ought to be.