A Prayer, a Signing and Shaving

The lovely old sign has been uncovered during upgrading at Jet’s

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The Good Old Days

Watching My Father Shave by Joyce Sutphen

I see my father’s face in the mirror,
stripping off the white mask that wraps
along his cheekbone, over his mouth,
and, chin jutted up, down his neck.

The river razor tap-taps the sink;
the ivory-handled brush swishes back
and forth in the cup, and every time
he turns the handle, the faucet squeaks.

I watch the steaming water fill the sink,
and when he splashes it on his face,
the mask dissolves into his waiting hands;
the towel turns on the wooden roller.

How I regret being a girl and never
being able to find myself this way,
to prove how steady I am,
how close to the edge I can come.

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Mark Moriarty Book Signing

at Listowel Food Fair 2024

Breeda planning what recipe she’ll try first.

A signed copy could become a treasure in time.

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Mattie Lennon sent us this prayer.

Prayer for Good Humor

by St. Thomas More

Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also

something to digest.

Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary

good humor to maintain it.

Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure

all that is good

and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of

evil,

but rather finds the means to put things back in

their place.

Give me a soul that knows not boredom,

grumblings, sighs and laments,

nor excess of stress, because of that obstructing

thing called “I.”

Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.

Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to

discover in life a bit of joy,

and to be able to share it with others.

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A Corner of Tralee

Church avenue in Winter 2024

Mural inside the gate of St. John’s

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A Fact

Both Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23 1616

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