Palm Sunday in the Andes
Holy Week (Semana Santa) is a huge yearly event in South America: holidays from work, street closures, gory parades dramatizing Christ’s suffering, heaped-up sentimentality, sometimes drunkenness. But not everyone joins in the festivities. For many reasons,...Going Global–in a Quechua Village Outside Abancay, Peru
Rory and I recently spent a week and a half in the Andes of Peru with our middle son and his wife. Brendan and Erin live as missionaries in Abancay, a small city in the province of Apurimac. This is one of the poorest regions of Peru, and it’s a stunningly beautiful...Welcoming Edythe Irene Connally
As of eight days ago, the world is a richer place. A beautiful new little inhabitant is here, and her name is Edythe Irene Connally. She is my second granddaughter, born to my son Kevin and his wife Adele on April 27, 2011. They have nicknamed her Edie after my...Some People Have All the Fun . . .
Some people have all the fun. To wit, my granddaughter, Aydan Grace Connally. At age 2 months, she has already gone to the beach, gone to parties, gone to graduation ceremonies (OK, maybe that was a little boring), and gone to happy hour at The Melting Pot. She...
Welcome!
I am a writer who loves good music and good stories. It’s been my privilege to combine these loves by writing fiction that honors the creation of beauty, even in the bleakest of circumstances, through the creation of music. Writing has also led me to a deep interest in the recent history of central and eastern Europe.
Come and explore with me!