Talking Music and Poetry with Isabel Marcheselli

Talking Music and Poetry with Isabel Marcheselli

When I was editing the first episodes of The Faithful Traveler, I made the decision to add music to the series and I asked all of my friends if they knew someone who wrote music. That’s how I met Isabel Marcheselli. She was Isabel Rivera at the...
On Dealing with Imperfection

On Dealing with Imperfection

I think we all have aspects of our lives that are far from perfect, far from what we wish they would be. I certainly do. And generally, my response to those parts of life tends to be impatience. It’s something I must work on, and do, but it does get to me. Things...
My Mini Book of Saints

My Mini Book of Saints

The Mini Book of Saints, which I wrote, is coming out at the end of this month. It isn’t the book I wish it could have been—the original MS was much longer and more detailed. Still, the realities of publishing are that text gets cut to fit the desired page count. I’m...
Catholic New York

Catholic New York

As I have been researching Catholic New York of late, for the Old St. Patrick’s and St. Patrick’s shoots, I bought across this book online. It is a lovely book—truly museum quality. I have yet to read it, but should be doing so very soon. It never occurred to me that...