The image above is so true in so many ways. When we are young we often have rather mistaken ideas of love. When we are very young, in this country, our ideas of love are drawn from our parents and from the stories we hear. Yes, that is indeed the Prince Charming stage of our […]

Objections: It seems that wine (is stronger than the others) because it affects man the most. Again, (it seems) that the king (is stronger than the others) because he sends man to what is most difficult, namely, to that which exposed himself to mortal danger. Again, (it seems) that woman (is stronger), because she commands […]

I am at a daughter’s house surrounded by multiple daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren. It is noisy, wild, uncontrolled, and multi-colored. Yes, multi-colored. I am a typical brown Latino, and I ended up marrying a blue-eyed taller-than-I-am white woman. As a result, our children come in a variety of colors. They, in their turn married with […]

I am an anime fan. I also like the child-like art used in many of the manga magazines. Thus, it was particularly enjoyable for me to find the manga-like icon of Mother Mary and Our Lord Jesus. The angels at the side look like traditional manga characters. The expressions are classical anime expressions. While I […]

A Dialogue from Lord of the Rings Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It’s all wrong By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the […]