At a recent formation session interstate, I hired a car (the smallest and cheapest I could find, as per custom), and when I got to the counter, a lovely young man noted my lack of luggage and that I was travelling alone and asked if I’d like a free upgrade. His...

My plan to write each and day and rest my brain didn’t work out…we live and learn! But after a few days of quiet, restful, and “ordinary” days of family eating, Irish liturgies, and walking the Dublin streets with my mother, I have decided to bunch days a few days...