In Praise of Late Bloomers
This was the last bloom of the season. I found it huddled next to the east side of the house. By this time we had already endured several...
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blenkushm
- Aug 7, 2022
- 3 min
When Dreams Become Reality
I am a dreamer. I bet you are a dreamer too. I am not talking about the dreams that come to us in the night. Here I am speaking about the...
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blenkushm
- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
JMJ
Do you have any guesses as to the meaning of those three letters? If you attended a Catholic school in the early 1960's, you might have a...
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blenkushm
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
THE TWINS OF SEVENTH AVENUE
With the exception of ten years in the 1980's, I have lived in the same house my entire life. It is the home that my family moved into...
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blenkushm
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Fitting In
A few weeks ago, I attended an event where I didn't know a soul. As I am a shy creature by nature, there was was a great deal of anxiety...
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blenkushm
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
Words, Words, Words
In the movie, My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle says, "Words, words, words, I am so sick of words." Don't you feel like that sometimes? It...
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blenkushm
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
Ash Wednesday, 2022
Lent began on Wednesday, March 2. Any observance that draws millions of people of many Christian religions to church in the middle of...
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blenkushm
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Lessons from the Trees in Winter
The older I get, the more I appreciate the season of winter. Since I am retired, I can meet winter on my own terms. I do not have to...
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blenkushm
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Dare I Be Your Prophet?
This weekend, I will be proclaiming the readings at Mass. The first reading, (Isaiah 6:1-8) reminds me of a poem I wrote sixteen years...
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blenkushm
- Jan 28, 2022
- 2 min
Nick & Nora
It was a year ago, January 31, 2021, when 2 little bunnies came to live with us. My nephew Phillip who shares my home ran across a...
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blenkushm
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
Meet a Minnesota Twin
Yes, I do live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. And I do have a twin sister, but no, neither of us play professional baseball. In fact, as...
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