IT'S TIME

IT'S TIME to pick up my blog again.  With my coming retirement from the parish staff at St. Bridget, I will be starting a new life in many ways.  What better way to mark this than resuming my blog -- something that could hold a lot of these new things together.

"Brief Notes Dot Com" was originally an on-line version of a column that I had written for the parish bulletin for about 15-16 years.  After a while, a primary use for it was to post my homilies.  It eventually developed its own personality, and a bit quirky one at that.  But of course my soul has its quirks; fortunately, I've learned to live with most of them fairly well.

So, this week the countdown clock ticks down to two months!  I'm a bit overwhelmed -- I sometimes can't get myself focused enough to do what I must, to finish well.  Fortunately, I've been thinking about this for a long time.

 One clear desire I have is to become "less busy" -- so I will have time to exercise, pray, and practice.  Which also means going to bed at a reasonable hour.  I want to focus on these fundamentals with my summer!  I will still put in some summer hours with the hospital (fewer this summer than I ultimately anticipate, as my weekly workload), and some time with the two parishes on weekends.

In the fall, I expect to focus on various peace/nonviolence activities, along with JVEnCorps.  More on those another time.  AND OF COURSE... By the end of the summer, I should also be well on the way to a lifestyle where I also have more time with my grandchildren -- and their parents.