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If you haven’t heard, then you may be the last to hear, the passion, teachings, insights and philosophy of Wendell Berry is coming to St. Catharine College.

By the time you are reading this, a week will have passed since the monster tornadoes targeted many of our communities.

I want to tell the victims that you are not alone; Kentucky stands with you.
The Red Cross has been overwhelmed with Kentuckians’ generosity, so much so, that they are now asking for cash donations instead of material items.

The day began at 5:30 a.m. My wife was awake in our king-sized bed. Her tossing woke me up, too.
She was concerned about the weather reports she was reading.

“This doesn’t look good,” she said.
My wife sometimes thinks the sky is falling when she reads weather reports.
She says an extra prayer for snow days, asks incessantly if I think there will be snow and checks every weather blog she can find.
I’m used to her having a strong reaction to the forecasts.