Monday, June 06, 2016

Sunday, June 05, 2016

Bernadette's first game






She made some dirt art. Another of our players wrote his name.

Berry picker




library on a rainy day



I practice with five kids on my own.

Saturday, June 04, 2016

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Religious experiences

B: "Mama, will you brush my hair in heaven?"

M: "Do you want me to?"

B: "Yes."

M: "OK, then I will."

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Near the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, I showed the kids a movie about the apparitions. Since then I have seen Kateri and Bernadette a couple of times on the stairs, both veiled, with Kateri kneeling on a step and Bernadette standing beatifically two or three steps up. After a few silent moments in this tableau, Bernadette leaves and returns as a different character. Most recently, this was their post-vision dialogue:

B: "How was Mary?"

K: "Good. She was blue and white."

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Friday, May 13, 2016

"We're geniuses!"



So say the builders of this makeshift rain shelter.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Out and about






Mount Mitchell near Wamego, looking out over the Kansas River valley.