Oct 14, 2026
A statue of the Blessed Mother sits in the corner of my yard in the Donelson section of Nashville, under the shade of a Rose of Sharon bush. The garden used to be called Hobo’s Garden, after our dog who used to spend time out there. It became Hobo’s Meditation Garden...
Aug 7, 2026
I’ve always been intrigued by epigraphs, those quotes or phrases, usually form other written works, at the beginning of books. It seems like a singular challenge to find that one or two (or in my case, three) quotes that set the stage and capture the spirit and...
Dec 15, 2025
I recently published a personal essay in Chapter 16, the excellent literary magazine of Humanities Tennessee, about the privilege of bringing Holy Communion home to my mother-in-law in the months prior to her passing in the spring of 2025. There’s a passage where I...