39.5 an update

I introduced the concept of Lent to my nephews over supper.  I hadn’t signed off on either wheat or meditation although I had abstained from the former and practiced the latter that morning just to cover my bases.  The boys were eagerly engaged in the debate with Number 1 proposing Read more…

forty days

We’re an hour into Lent on the East Coast.  I am not Catholic but for three days I’ve been racking my brains about what to give up for the next forty.  Over the years I’ve given up tangible things like wine, chocolate, and coffee.  I’ve tried intangible concepts like giving up Read more…