Category Archives: religion

Best Story of the Week…April 22nd

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Susannah Bianchi

There’s a little Irish guy, with a mane of white hair, I see most mornings in front of an apartment building hosing down its sidewalk.  How do I know he’s Irish? He has that special twinkle, inspiring me to say … Continue reading →

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Feed My Sheep

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m always reading, or at the very least perusing a book, jotting down words or phrases that woo from the page. For instance, I’m rereading the entire Poldark series, this time in order, and Winston Grahams’s language has me swooning, … Continue reading →

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Drunk, Naked and 16

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Susannah Bianchi

In front of Starbucks…87th and Third – 6:00 a.m. I’m watching a young boy stagger down the street with his pants down around his ankles, and he can’t be more than 16. Obviously out all night, a quart of Jameson … Continue reading →

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Dating Jesus

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m no religious fanatic by any means, and believe me, if the Catholic Church could toss me in a cell for irreverence, it would, since I tend to make fun of its ongoing hypocrisy…however, Jesus, when I think about it, … Continue reading →

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Best Story of the Week…November 21

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

Inspired by one of Sorryless’s Heroes of the Week, a policeman who, rather than give a young mother a summons for not having car seats for her kids, she said, she couldn’t afford, bought them for her. This is what … Continue reading →

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Club Med

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

No, I’m not in Waikiki, I’m referring to my spanking new meditation practice that’s a vacation all in itself, just without leaving the house. For ten minutes twice a day, beginning and end, I shut down my mind leaving a … Continue reading →

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Best Story of the Week…September 19

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

My friend Anna, the Latino Joan of Arc, walking down Madison Avenue, spots a well dressed man on the ground slumped against the side of an apartment building. Mind you it’s the shank of the morning, dozens of commuters flying … Continue reading →

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Holy Thursday

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

It’s what Christians call, Holy Week, the mournful drum roll to Good Friday, when Jesus died on the cross. Holy Thursday commemorates The Last Supper, Jesus’s last meal, when he shared bread and wine with his Apostles to more or … Continue reading →

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The Thorn In My Paw

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

I saw a man I hadn’t seen in a while I’ll call Ted, who’s very active in the church I sometimes go to. When he sees me he does everything but genuflect, like I’m one of the Apostles, because I … Continue reading →

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Urban Catholic

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m not religious by any means but still often, pop into church. To quote Bunny Mellon…I’m a different sort of Christian. I don’t really come by to pray, I stop in to talk with God because he’s a dear, dear … Continue reading →

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