I was sitting in the nosebleed seats in Ravens Stadium when I heard now Saint John Paul II tell those gathered for Mass what…
Posts By: Rose Folsom
The New Story Starts Now
“Writing a new story” is a powerful way to let go of past hurts (even really old ones). It works like this:…
Prudence to the Rescue
My friend Dave’s sister died last week. But instead of travelling to Tennessee for the funeral, he stayed home. This was his dilemma: if…
Loving With Everything We’ve Got
We used to hear a lot about “repression.” That meant that if you limit the expression of your emotions, there would be…
You Can’t Learn to Hit a Ball by Swinging a Bat
We are virtuous to the extent that we are patient. Patience is the acid test for maturity. St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)…
Year-Round Gifts
The remnants of cast-off wrapping paper are off the rug and out of sight until next December. The gifts remain to remind us of the…
Dynamic Moderation
I don’t like the word moderation. It sounds boring, as if I were only letting myself have half the fun I could….
Looking Beyond Revenge to Mercy
Writer Fran Lebowitz claims that she has two hobbies — going out for cigarettes and plotting revenge. We can all relate. Nothing…
When abandonment leads to happiness
I photographed Jeff in his t-shirt emblazoned with the words of Blessed Henry Suso (1299-1366), a Rhineland mystic. Why is Jeff wearing…
Creative Fidelity
Omni-talented comedian, actor, and producer Whoopi Goldberg is interviewed in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine. Asked what living person she admires most,…
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