A Beacon of Light

We dealt with several years of drought,our lawns all turned to brown.Conserving water was the norm.Couldn’t always flush it down.  We’d prayed for rain for quite some time,but little did we get.For years we went about our days,without us getting wet.  But now, in 2023,our lives are not the same,‘cause someone turned the faucet on.We’re…

“Beware of little expenses;a small leak will sink a great ship.” ~ Benjamin Franklin I stopped at Sprout’s to pick up some bread yesterday. I knew we had lunchmeat at home, but our bread supply was low the last time I checked, so I wanted to be sure I could make a sandwich when I…

I remember the simple song I heard, and occasionally sang, when I was a child: “Rain, rain, go away, come again another day…” We don’t hear that song so much anymore — at least not here in California. We’ve been in desperate need of rain for several years now. Local reservoirs dropped to alarmingly low…

As I mention in the introductory words of this page, I have always had a special place in my heart for lighthouses. This led to an interesting situation when I began working at Saint Lawrence Parish in Santa Clara. The office space when I began my work there came unfurnished. I was given a budget…