Category Archives: Series

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Words and Actions Matter

In the years leading up to World War II, my father was just another Irish kid in Rockford schools. Then an English teacher asked him about his plans. Continue reading

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Night Watch, Paying Attention, and My Father

It was just another watch, until they noticed how big the ship they were following looked. Continue reading

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Ducks

My encounter with a savvy mother duck and her ducklings. Also an unrelated sunset photo. Continue reading

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Married is Married

This is going to be another comparatively-short one. Today I’m focusing on part of another step in those family property/estate/whatever arrangements I mentioned last week. Or, rather, on something that came up during the process. But first, a little background. … Continue reading

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250 Years: Choosing Law and a Light Yoke

A tip of the hat to Father Mark Botzet for letting me post his homily from July 5, 2026. I took the liberty of changing some punctuation so that it matches the style of this blog, then adding headings and … Continue reading

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