Tag Archives: Friendship
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Stay Out of My Sleep
Leave a commentOctober 30, 2018 by lucieromarin
People can say what they like about putting things behind you and moving on, but I’ve yet to find a …
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The Glass I Cannot Throw Away
Leave a commentAugust 23, 2018 by lucieromarin
This is the glass I cannot throw away. It sits next to my sink. I can’t use it (the …
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On Turning Forty
Leave a commentJuly 18, 2018 by lucieromarin
Single women raised in conservative communities dread their fortieth birthdays. (I don’t know if the same is true for men; …
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Thread as a Primitive Magic
2February 25, 2018 by lucieromarin
Once, after a session of spiritual direction, I took my crochet hook and my yarn from my bag. “Do you …
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“Then They Won’t Hate Him So Much”
Leave a commentFebruary 14, 2018 by lucieromarin
I had been catching up with a seminarian-friend, one who had also met my director years past. As we walked …
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Notes from Thus-Far
1June 16, 2014 by lucieromarin
So, I’m about a year and six months into blogging about conservative Catholic recovery from burnout, and disappointment in vocation …
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The Fascinating Mentat
Leave a commentMarch 10, 2014 by lucieromarin
For those who haven’t had the dubious pleasure of reading Frank Herbert’s Dune, a mentat is a man (usually) whose …
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After the Occupation
Leave a commentMarch 6, 2014 by lucieromarin
It’s all very well for me to write, “Let him recede,” as a means of recovering from a broken friendship …
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Now I’m Just Somebody that He Used to Know
2March 2, 2014 by lucieromarin
This weekend, while trudging through the rain with a bag of groceries on my back, I suddenly remembered lines from …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 