From the Homeless to the Pope, St. Joseph’s Makes a Difference
One afternoon as I came in from the food room, I walked into the
St. Mary School celebrates Catholic Schools Week
St. Mary School in Gilroy proudly joins Catholic schools across the nation in observing Catholic Schools Week, held January 26 through January 31, 2014. Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. During the week, we focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.
Hunting Pokémon
Last Wednesday is a day that will live in infamy. Well, maybe not infamy, but it is a day that my family will forever remember as the day Mom downloaded Pokémon Go and lost her ever-loving mind. So yeah, no infamy, but a whole lot of crazy. I may be slightly obsessed by it. And by slightly I mean I spend lots of time trying to figure out the darn game.
Winter’s comfort foods call for red wines
At this time of year with the weather getting colder, I lean toward red wines to go with the comfort foods of winter, like chile verde, chicken cacciatore or pot roast and mashed potatoes.
A weekend away with the kids: give me a break
Recently, I took a mini-vacation; a weekend away with a
Mt. Diablo’s redeeming views
When I stepped out of the car at the Mount Diablo summit parking lot, my heart sunk. In a thicket of clouds dense with drizzle, the racing wind ripped my just-opened car door from my hand. The wind chill must have been in the low 30s; a brisk morning for mid-May.















