Writings

Falling in Love in the Third Half of Life – An Old Guy’s Dream

“Sheltering in place” is my opportunity to discover what is growing in my heart. Retirement for me is all about falling in love. Her name is Anima and she and I have deepened our love for each other ever since I retired in 2007. We have talked together about everything and have been through many [...]

By |2024-01-25T12:35:51+00:00May 27th, 2020|More, Writings|0 Comments

The Ruple Effect

Young Volunteers Embrace the Lasallian Mission for Life Click here to see Lasallian Volunteers alumni serving in schools & ministries today Heather Ruple serving with the young Miguel Men at The San Miguel School Providence, RI Early on September 1, 2001, Heather Ruple, a recent graduate of St. Mary’s College in Moraga, CA, walked [...]

By |2024-01-25T12:35:52+00:00March 4th, 2016|Writings|4 Comments

All My Everything

On February 9, 2015 news outlets across the world announced the death of Kayla Jean Mueller, 26, at the hands of her ISIS militant captors in Syria. She had been kidnapped 18 months earlier with a friend as they sought a bus to return to their homes in Turkey. In the days that followed, her parents [...]

By |2024-01-25T12:35:52+00:00May 20th, 2015|Writings|1 Comment

Spirit at Work

Recently on a freezing cold morning, I found myself sitting in the corner of a school cafeteria with a warm, delicious cup of coffee in my hands. Seated near a few hundred students, I was chatting with a veteran Lasallian teacher. After we exchanged insights into modern teenage society, he quickly got on to another topic [...]

By |2024-01-25T12:35:52+00:00January 23rd, 2015|Writings|1 Comment

Lasallian Blue Bloods

Illustration by Al Cassidy 2014 Derived from medieval Europe, “blue bloods” distinguishes the upper class—whose veins appeared blue through their untanned skin—from the working class of the time. The term eventually came to refer generally to a those who inherited a bloodline. Len Cariou plays Henry Regan, the family patriarch and  former New York police [...]

By |2024-01-25T12:35:52+00:00November 4th, 2014|Writings|0 Comments