Missing

The sister received an empty cradle for committing. One wisdom tooth pulled three kept in my mouth. I used to know all the phone numbers. I found faces in the moon. The lady in Mary Poppins who pops off her fingers, joint by joint, and offers them to children as candy. The Emily Dickinson lace. […]

His Effort Was Not In Vain

When my roommate texted me I think your fish is dead, I was in the monastery library. I only use my phone for the time, and for guided meditations, while I’m there, but I had it with me, and thus I was thrown from perfect peace. My fish was dead! I was sad! I shouldn’t […]

Some Sheep

Today at noon mass, our flock was 70% hidden crazies and 30% out of the closet crazies. It was great. One thing I’ve always loved about the cathedral in Kansas City is that, being downtown, it attracts walk-ins. One thing I like about church is it’s almost impossible to get kicked out (witness, sadly, lunatic shooters […]

The Drive

The highway between Kansas City and Lawrence is a half hour drive, clears my head, scares me. Tonight I drove it with the top down and the stars out, through a few of the hours of Kansas summer when the cool comes. I have been almost killed on that highway twice. I have written a […]