Monthly Archive: October 2025

29
Oct

Urgent: Help Us Get Food in Hands—This Week!

The need is spiking—fast. As SNAP and WIC supports disappear and health coverage slips beyond reach for so many Americans, many in our community will go hungry. And—as the pandemic […]

29
Oct

On This Day

“On this day, in 1709, a small group of Cisterian nuns was dispersed and exiled from their French convent,” I read on some “On This Day” list. Why did this […]

21
Oct

The Feast at the Feeder

Working from home occasionally gives me time to watch the birds at my feeder: sweet chickadees, upside-down nuthatches, tufted titmice, tiny goldfinches yellowing up by the day. But it’s the […]

14
Oct

Such a Time

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is […]

08
Oct

Keep Hope Alive

Those engaged in the current efforts to censure and erase certain inconvenient truths about American history from public school curriculums may not understand the critical role those inconvenient truths play […]