Theresa is a poet who grew up in a large family and began writing late at night at the kitchen counter, when the house was quiet, and the demands of daily life momentarily receded. Pushing aside piles of unfolded laundry, she wrote poems shaped by care, necessity, and attention. Her work favors lyric restraint and emotional clarity and explores memory, time, and the enduring ties between past and present. The Saints are Sad Is […]
Visiting the Gravesite of Father Tom Oddo The cicadas can be heard all around as you enter Holy Cross Community Cemetery in South Bend, Indiana. Their endless chirping, a buzzing whirl that is almost completely unrecognizable in the Pacific Northwest, reminds me just how far I am from home. But then, so are many who reside here. This place became a new home for each of them, an eternal one upon their deaths, sometimes thousands […]
