Hospitality – In Reverie Blog

Models Monday: “And do not forget to do good and to share with others.”

My mother and I attended the same elementary school. I hated it, but she didn’t mind it. When she attended, mass and confession were a daily occurrence. When I attended, we only had service during holy days and I can only recall a singular confession. My mother’s funny. She attends weekly mass, but she couldn’tContinue reading “Models Monday: “And do not forget to do good and to share with others.””

Models Monday: Observing the Country Mouse

For some time now I’ve been ruminating on Aesop’s fable “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.” On the surface, the story tells of two mice-one from a rural environment and one from an urban environment-who interact with one another inside the home territories of the other over a meal. In Jerry Pinkney’s version ofContinue reading “Models Monday: Observing the Country Mouse”

Models Monday: Observing the Country Mouse

Models Monday: On Human Richness

My father was the one who first told me that David Halberstam was killed in a car accident. I don’t remember what we were talking about or which of Halberstam’s books I was reading at the time but when I referenced him, I clearly remember my father asking, “oh, the guy who died the otherContinue reading “Models Monday: On Human Richness”

Bizarro World and Immigration Reform

I read this today in The New York Times and it gave me pause: “Without question, Alabama’s H.B. 56 is the most comprehensive anti-illegal immigration state law ever drafted,” said Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and intellectual author of both the Arizona and Alabama laws, who has consulted with 10 other states onContinue reading “Bizarro World and Immigration Reform”

Models Monday: Had it All been a Farce?

I. Jewish-American poet Emma Lazarus wrote “The New Colossus” to be auctioned off in support of the building of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. I have read that the sonnet reflects Lazarus’s deep concern for refugee immigrants. The most famous, now iconic lines from the poem offer an eloquent call of welcome to downtroddenContinue reading “Models Monday: Had it All been a Farce?”