A New Life, A New Joy: James Drake Connally
Last Thursday night (July 12, 2012) at just a little after 10 o’clock, a beautiful new child named James Drake Connally was born. He is the second child of Patrick and Kim, my eldest son and his wife. I was there at Kim’s left side and watched...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...
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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.
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