• St. John Vianney: A Sacred Edifice

    “The rebuilt Church must be a sacred edifice; the exterior recognizably Catholic, the interior a sacred altar for the Sacrifice of the Mass.” In April 2011, an arsonist burned the Catholic Church of Hacienda Height’s St. John Vianney Parish down to the ground. Let us recognize this hate crime for what it is: an attempt …

  • Grama Meadow 1 – flag of disposition, green stuff woven

    “I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.” -Walt Whitman This section describes my first California native garden project: The Grama Greensward & Meadow. Suburban lawns. Manicured grass turf covers 50,000 square miles of the United States; that would be covering 1/3 of the entire state of …