i feel sad that "pretentious" is one of the top ten most commonly looked up words on merriam webster.com

does that make me pretentious?

feast day

I learned awhile ago that St. Francis Xavier traveled to Japan with pirates when he couldn't catch a sail with the Portuguese. How's that for intrepid Jesuit spirit?? Today is his feast day. As Eleanor would remind us, do one thing that scares you.

my task: descend into the backside of mid-twenties; today I am 25.5. yikes.