Writer Fran Lebowitz claims that she has two hobbies — going out for cigarettes and plotting revenge. We can all relate. Nothing…
Looking Beyond Revenge to Mercy
Posts By: Rose Folsom
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,…
Finding Love on Third Street
A small plastic heart caught my eye on the way to work. I picked it up, thinking I’d give it to someone…
Don’t Laugh
Some rules are worth laughing at. Like not wearing white from September to May. When I congratulated my friend Dee on her…
The Here and Now of Each Day
Pope Francis’s address to Congress is about virtue – a call to live up to our potential as people created in God’s…
Doorway to Excellence
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly (until you get better at it!)? That’s my motto…
Ancient Wisdom for Today
After my friend Don checked out Virtue Connection, he emailed word of the 48 middot, or virtues, in the tradition of reform…
Here — Taste This!
Heaps of cucumbers, eggplant, and other colorful veggies greeted my friend Roberta and me today as we strolled the farmers’ market in…
Virtues You Never Get Tired Of
Waiting to cross the street this week, I noticed a tattoo on the neck of the woman next to me. Crystal let me photograph…
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