I didn’t spend Ash Wednesday waiting in line to get a cross on my forehead. I had a different memento mori: a day on the highways of the northeast corridor, racing home from Florida to beat a winter storm. The New Jersey Turnpike is an aptly penitential place. Buckled into our car’s passenger seat asContinue reading “A fine bumpy start to Lent: racing a storm”
Author Archives: Ellen Kolb
Writer, activist, Granite State walker.
Open Book: Augustus Tolton, Sam Adams, and ways to walk
Something about winter makes my To Be Read list grow by leaps and bounds. Despite being an avid hiker, I was unwilling to go outside during a recent record-setting cold snap. I used the time to dive into some of the books that have been waiting patiently for me. At last year’s Catholic Writers GuildContinue reading “Open Book: Augustus Tolton, Sam Adams, and ways to walk”
Pope Francis on the common good:”Get right in there!”
Lobbying’s behind me, but civic engagement isn’t. I keep track of what my state legislature is doing and not doing on things like the right to life. A few days hence – when I’ll be away, as it happens – there will be seven hearings over two days on relevant bills. Part of the workContinue reading “Pope Francis on the common good:”Get right in there!””
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