by Jim McIntosh | Nov 3, 2011 | Observations |
Many cities in the country, indeed in the world, are now being occupied. Occupy Wall Street is encamped in Manhattan. Occupy DC is located in two spaces in Washington, D.C. Occupy Boston continues strong. Many in the press, particularly the more conservative...
by Jim McIntosh | Sep 5, 2011 | Observations |
This is a great time of year in Boston. Just as Washington has its spring full of class trips and then its summer full of tourists, Boston is full of summer tourists. They flood the Freedom Trail and Faneuil Hall. Then, as summer ends, they leave and the students...
by Jim McIntosh | Jul 12, 2011 | Status |
I have received what we Franciscans call my obedience. It is a letter with my new assignment, and it assigns me to St. Anthony Shrine on Arch Street in Boston. I have been living at our retirement house in Boston while recovering from my knee surgery. The retirement...
by Jim McIntosh | May 16, 2011 | Observations, Status |
Today is three weeks since my surgery. That’s half-way through the “cast time” of the recovery — the time that I’ll have to wear a cast. Last week, they removed the old cast, took out the staples, told me that the wound looked like it was...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 29, 2011 | Status |
They say that if you want to hear God laugh, tell Her your plans. Well, my plans have changed. I am not being sent to St. Petersburg, but rather to Boston, Mass. Our retirement house there has a higher level of care. (This full-leg fiberglass cast that I have to wear...
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