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Elgin, Animals, Ethics, and a Decalogue Detail

I don’t know what, if any, name the neighbors had given “LGN”: pronounced “Elgin”. I’m not even sure that the little grey cat belonged to our neighbors at 1010. But she, or possibly he, came from their yard very regularly … Continue reading

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Very Cold Weather, Sewer Problem, But Otherwise Fine

Minnesota’s in the news, but not because of the weather. That’s another topic, for another day. An Extreme Cold Warning has been in effect for my part of Minnesota since 3:00 this afternoon. It runs until noon tomorrow, when a … Continue reading

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Lily of the Valley: Tiny Flowers in Retrospect

Depending on who’s talking and what they’re talking about, lily of the valley is a woodland flower that likes shade, a 19th century hymn, a French novel, or something else.1 I’m not going to be talking about hymns or novels. … Continue reading

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Christmas: 12 Days, Songs, Lists, and Singing Mice

This is a very ‘Catholic’ household. But everything we do isn’t uniquely ‘Catholic’, or something Catholics must always do. Take those mice, for example. My wife made them from bits of felt and cloth some years back, and they’ve been … Continue reading

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Family Matters

One way or another, families have been in the news this week. That is not a good thing. Families gathering on a beach planned on celebrating the first day of Hanukkah last Sunday. Then a father-son duo killed 15 of … Continue reading

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