Andrew Taylor-Troutman

It felt like periodic cicadas emerge from the ground more often than my wife and I get out from under the depths of childcare. So, we left our little critters with my mom for an evening and went out past our children’s bedtime.

Last weekend, I attended a wedding in a huge Catholic church in the Triangle. I arrived Friday evening for the rehearsal. With a simple role in the service, I was free to roam around the gorgeous sanctuary with its icons and statues of saints—sacred objects one does not find in a Protestant church.

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As each of my children has gone to kindergarten, I have had occasion to think of my own experience at that age. Most of all, I remember my teacher.

On Sunday, I was part of a ceremony to recognize the beginning of a pastor’s service to a church. The one who was commissioned is a friend of mine, a gentleman who has already accomplished much in his life.

Here’s a small ode to the tiny brush that an umpire uses to clean the home plate. After whipping this brush out of the belt pocket, an experienced ump can clean the plate with only a few discrete snaps of the wrist.

The other day, my attention was directed to the nearby treetops, where a half-dozen crows were making a racket. A flock of these black birds is actually called a murder; maybe they were up to no good. Another winged creature thought so. A distinctive cry pierced the air, and a red-tailed hawk streaked into view like a feathered arrow.