The Birthday Party
I love this photograph! This was at my 50th birthday party (celebrated a bit late here in the USA). My sister Moy Moy (the leaping blur in the background – she’s around five inches shorter than me in real life, so you get a sense of how high she can jump!) hosted it at her […]
Bedford Babes!
Here are some of the Bedford Babes – a wonderful group of women (and one man) who came together over a common passion for running but who soon discovered they had many other shared passions as well. The beautiful one in the centre (who looks a bit like me!) is my own sister Mary, one […]
Sharon Olds Knows How I Feel About My Daughter
A few years ago, I discovered the poet Sharon Olds. I read a poem called The Race, which is a description of her heart-stoppingly suspenseful dash through an airport to catch a flight (across two terminals in seven minutes) to get to her dying father’s bedside. It is an incredible piece of work and I […]
All Stars!
These two gorgeous boys are my nephews – Owen is the one with braces on his teeth and Enzo is gearing up to pitch. You may recognize them from the August page of this year’s calendar. They are two of the funniest, most energetic boys I know. They live next door to my parents […]
BC Theology Department
I was so honored to be asked to speak to the Theology Department at Boston College. The place is teeming with living legends: Lisa Cahill, Ken Himes (Michael’s brother), Robert Imbelli, Bob Daly, James Keenan, Catherine Cornille and a host of others. I have read their work and marveled at their scholarship, understanding and depth […]
Fr Michael Himes
What a teacher! Cathleen asked me to attend one of her classes at Boston College, saying the professor was the most brilliant person she had ever met (except, of course, for her aging parents). So I went, expecting that her opinion had been formed largely by her youthful enthusiasm. But no. This was the real […]
Martha McCann Rose
As I said in an earlier post, Martha is my oldest friend. We met in fifth grade and have been friends ever since. She’s been my touchstone all my life – the person I return to for wisdom and strength and perspective and she has never let me down. In spite of our differences – […]
Salve Regina or the Mercy of God
My oldest friend, Martha McCann Rose, is the Head of the Department of Education at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She invited me to come and speak to some of her students this week and I leaped at the chance. Salve Regina is one of the most beautiful colleges in the country, with […]
The Most Beautiful Church In the World
I’ve never seen a church like Our Lady of Malibu. Its open spaces, full of light, seem like a vision of heaven. Everything about it is beautiful, simple and clear. Fr Bill, the pastor, has invited me to come and speak twice now, and it has been a marvelous experience both times. The people of […]
Beautiful People
These are my friends Lizzy Bentley and Arge O’Neil, the people responsible for my fund raising forays in Malibu Beach, along with their two beautiful sons Lucan (sipping from his fancy water bottle) and Isaiah (gravely reading from the latest issue of Highlights). Lizzy came to India in 1987 where she worked with SEWA (Self-Employed […]