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Saints and Souls of Halloween Past

As we reflect this weekend on our loved ones who have passed on, I think of my parents, Nell and Jack Irby. My dad died of prostate cancer in 1988, and my mom succumbed to breast cancer in 2014. Too soon for them both, and I miss them daily. But I also reflect fondly on...

Happy Halloween from Moose!

My mommy made me dress up because she said a lot of you would like it. I hope so, because I sure didn’t. But anything to make you folks happy… By the way, I have been on a medicine that makes me gain weight, which I really don’t mind because it gets wrapped in cheese...

Good News in Our Schools

Sometimes the topic of my weekly email simply falls into my lap. If I’m being literal, I could be talking about my dog, Moose, but today I’m referring to an email I received on Thursday from Donna Henry, Principal at Portsmouth Catholic Regional School, with this picture. PCRS was the top vote-getter in a contest...

Mixed Feelings

I think we all know it is possible to be happy and sad at the same time. This is one such time for me. Starting with the happy, last weekend was Parent’s Weekend at W&L. We were able to meet more of Catherine’s friends, including one particular boy (!), see her sorority house and room,...

Helping Our Neighbors

Not since Hurricane Katrina can I recall a national disaster that seems to get worse with each passing day. As drones and news cameras gain access to the devastation brought by Hurricane Helene in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, and Western North Carolina, the images they bring defy imagination. I’m sure many of you know people...

Staying in the Moment

In his opening remarks at a meeting last week, Bishop Knestout reflected on what a whirlwind it is to come back from vacation and encounter all that September holds in store. Committees, boards, commissions – all sorts of groups – that haven’t met since the spring all urgently call for our attention this month, and...

9/20/2024: B & B Back in Business

9/20/2024: B & B Back in Business If there were a world record for hosting the most girl sleepovers in history, the Keightleys would hold it.  Beginning in elementary school and carrying on into the early years of high school, my daughter and her friends had sleepovers every weekend. Every. Single. One. More often than...

9/18/2024: We Will Never Forget

Greetings from New Orleans! I arrived in the Crescent City on Thursday for the International Catholic Stewardship Council’s 62nd Annual Conference. This is the third and final year of my term as Board Chair of the organization. While it has been an enriching experience, I am looking forward to next year when I can just...

9/6/2024: Time for Work (for Cristo Rey Richmond)

  9/6/2024: Time for Work (for Cristo Rey Richmond) I must begin this week’s email with a report on Moose. Many of you have asked for an update, either by email or when I have seen you in person, and Moose and I are very grateful! After I increased his medicine late last week, he...

8/24/2024 Email

We made it. Three days, 32 driving hours, and 2205 miles later, my daughter and I are now having a brief respite at the Jersey Shore before finally driving all the way home on Sunday. We left Jackson Hole in the dark on Tuesday, and as the sun was rising, we saw two rainbows. Good...

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