Perfume and Ash
"Have a wonderful day sweetheart." This was shouted to me by a homeless woman sitting on the steps of St. Joe’s as I exited from my ash daubing....
Category: Christianity
Ash Wednesday
At noon today, I’ll be heading down to St. Joe’s to get my forehead smudged. I’ll be lining up for the treatment with a few other occasional C...
On killing gods
I’ve been dipping into a book–on loan from an esoterically inclined "Starbucks friend"–by Thich Nhat Hanh, called "No Fear No D...
Starbucks Log: Post Valentine
A young couple standing at the counter are noticeably tense as they wait for each other to pour cream into their coffees. The young woman, in a tartan dress ove...