I’ll admit, I’m a lover of lists. On today’s to-do list is to make tomorrow’s, and my desk is currently bathed in Post-its of varying sizes and colors. As the end of the year nears, it seems we all take list-making to another level, with expanded grocery lists, gift lists, and end-of-the-year...
I recently finished reading Nikki Sixx’s “The Heroin Diaries,” and I cannot stop thinking about it.
The book is a collection of diary entries written by Sixx, the bass player for Mötley Crüe, between 1986-87 at the height of the band’s popularity. The entries, which then are...
Have you ever been to the beach or on a week-long vacation with that book or books into which you’ve been dying to dive? Did you notice how your whole being seemed to be wrapped up into that experience of reading, how you were transported in a way that doesn’t happen when you’re home and handling all...
And I mean that sincerely. Someone get this woman a Bible, a Catechism, and a copy of “Wrapped Up: God’s Ten Gifts for Women,” and pronto!
Maybe you have seen some of the stories lately where the pop star has claimed that “what the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world.” Gaga made...
I have to admit I am a huge baseball fan. Or to be more accurate, a Detroit Tigers fan. Or to be slightly more accurate, a Tigers maniac. As I’m writing this blog post the Tigers are chasing the Chicago White Sox, one game out of first place. Everybody around me is turning his or her attention to football...
My sister Paula lives in Nashville, TN, and teaches music there at an alternative high school. It’s not what one might think of as a traditional music class; the students spend their time learning computer software programs like GarageBand and Pro Tools, discussing contemporary music and writing...
