Friar Liam's Blog
Personal musings and postings from an Augustinian friar living and working in the upstate NY Capitol region.
10/10/22
Most Recent Haiku - only a few
she stares up at me.
#猫 #domesticshorthair
tonight I will smile.
Walk in Valley Forge;
In Rye, New Hampshire
#海辺 #青空 #RyeNH #beach
Friday 2 AM:
#深夜 #ゴミ収集 #Dumpster #ゴミ箱 #lemme_sleep
hard snow on edges
Had Chinese tonight,
I took the photo last summer at Rye, NH.

4/21/21
Four recent FB mini-concerts.
February - WSOP
March - O Darling
April - I Miss....
May - Aquellos Ojos Verdes

10/15/20
一年間の俳句 Haiku from the past year (cat, garden and voting)
2019.12.07:
it's true: my cat snores.i sit here writing sermon,
she sleeps peacefully.
2019.12.20:
For special events
my favorite outfit is my
black formal hoodie.
2020.06.26:
sudden raindrops bring
the dusty smell of ozone;
feet root in garden.
2020.10.07
Looking at Jeoffry;
not yet old enough to vote,
she turned seventeen.
2020.10.12:
I voted today
in the library car park;
hope it gets counted.
2020.10.15:
standing on my butt
at 5 AM; what's the deal?
her food bowl's empty!

10/26/19
最近の俳句 Recent Haiku (2018-2019) - Teal or Turquoise
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2018.08.29:
Baseball game tonight
Phils hosted the Nationals
Left before the end
2018.12.08:
Really want to sleep
but don't want to go to bed.
What's that all about?
2019.07.02:
Just the right angle
sinking sun's light shining through
emerald green grass.
2019.08.05:
Humpty Dumpty's fall:
Read the text! It does not say
that he was an egg.
2019.08.11:
a true suicide?
lots of rich and famous men
breathe sighs of relief.
2019.08.20:
help me remember:
what was in my left pocket
before my smart phone?
2019.10.16:
am i colorblind?
i can’t tell the difference
'tween teal and turquoise

8/5/19
Not many haiku in two years 俳句: 玉子だった? 本当?
2017.08.15:
how can his staffers
stand and silently condone
what comes from his mouth?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #charlottesville #川普
2017.08.15:
what kind of mind sees
moral equivalency
in saturday’s groups?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #charlottesville #川普
2017.08.30:
the innocent man:
“investigate all you want!”
not so the guilty.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #russia #川普
2017.11.07:
Off-year elections
don’t pull as many voters
but still important.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #GetOutTheVote
2017.12.02:
What happened last night?
Will they name the new tax law
“Reverse Robin Hood?”
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #SherwoodForest #税金 #共和党 #国会
2018.03.20:
Most my clothes are black.
Every place I go I bring
Evidence of cat.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #cat #猫 #black
2018.08.29:
Baseball game tonight
Phils hosted the Nationals
Left before the end
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #Phillies #野球
2018.12.08:
Really want to sleep
but don't want to go to bed.
What's that all about?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #Uptoolate #睡眠不足
2019.07.02:
Just the right angle
sinking sun's light shining through
emerald green grass.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #sunset #草
2019.08.05:
Humpty Dumpty's fall:
Read the text! It does not say
that he was an egg.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #卵 #玉子 #egg #Wall

3/25/19
Liam's Twitter QR code

8/29/18
Rocks of Bawn at Bill and Ella Denny's St. Patrick's Day party
Bill and Ella Denny threw a party on the Holy Day. Many participated and had a wonderful time. Bill asked me to sing. Thanks to April Denny for recording this. Spoiler alert: this is a very sad song.

2/25/18
2018 Augustinian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Click HERE to see photos of our Pilgrimage to the Holy Land |
Friars sitting in cave near the spot where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount

5/27/17
Haiku in a Time of Transition 変更期の俳句
2016.12.06:
One more Sci-Fi film.
Perhaps I’ve had my fill of
too much CGI.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #SciFi #SF #CGI #映画 #toomuchcgi #DrStrange
2016.12.08:
He picks one by one:
New team seems like a case of
Wolves guarding hen house.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #henhouse #wolves #鶏小屋 #狼
2016.12.08:
Sometimes the beauty
is so intense and so fierce
I must shed a tear.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #beauty #intense #涙 #美
2016.12.10:
CIA reports:
Russian Hackers aided Trump.
Whom can we trust now?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #信頼 #CIA #trust #hackers
2017.01.22:
Now we’re three days in.
How did you think it would go?
Brace yourselves, people!
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #chaos #potus #hope
2017.01.27:
it has been a week.
how do you feel about all
that's been going on?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #chaos @potus #hope
2017.01.29:
this is so much worse
than i thought it might become
and much much faster
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #chaos @potus #NoWallNoBan
2017.02.04:
sun, sand, sky and sea;
such a pleasant afternoon
at Po’ipu Beach
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #Poipu #ポイプ #selfie #浜辺
2017.02.06:
fog, mud and cold air
dampened Waimea Canyon;
i turned back early.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #WaimeaCanyon #Kauai #渓谷
2017.02.13:
I’ll not soon forget
that tiled floor rushing so fast
up toward my face.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #2010 #Kauai #床 #顔
2017.02.18:
All the winged monkeys
working together to run
a well-tuned machine.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #EmeraldCity
2017.02.24:
rampant crocuses
along the roadside basking;
still february
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #roadside #道端 #クロカス #crocus
2017.03.04:
new crisis daily:
starting to feel the fatigue
trying to keep track.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #wiretap
2017.03.11:
花と見し 雪は昨日ぞ 元の水
吾山
Seemed like falling blossoms, yesterday's snow, now gone back to water.
Gozan [Gozan’s haiku; my translation]
#haiku #俳句 #今日の一句 #snow #雪 #requiem
2017.03.23:
when i was a kid
we hid under our school desks
fearing the russians
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #Russia #ColdWar #ルシア #冷戦 #Manafort #Putin
2017.03.25:
it’s incoherent
how he prattles on and on;
forgets his own lies.
some should be serving
time behind bars of iron:
for cheating the poor.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #AHCAFAIL #Obamacare
2017.03.28:
without my glasses
i’m groping trying to find
where my glasses are
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #glasses #メガネ #眼鏡 #οὐροβόρος #ouroboros
2017.04.07:
everywhere i go
paper seems to multiply
miles high and miles deep
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #paper #紙
2017.05.09:
you think we’re in a
constitutional crisis?
may God save us all!
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #Comey #FBI
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12/5/16
最近の俳句 Recent Haiku (with #hashtags)
2016.11.01:
ID said “N.C.”
A swing state in November.
Answered in Spanish.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #NorthCarolina #GetOutandVote
2016.11.09:
Dear Rest of the World:
Sorry! We will do our best
not to mess things up.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #thedayafter
2016.11.09:
To Alec Baldwin:
Congrats! Job security
for the next four years!
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #thedayafter
2016.11.15:
I am really shocked
and I can't find my olives
where the hell are they?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #olive #地獄
2016.11.17:
The fear and anger
I perceive all around me:
only in Bryn Mawr?
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #anger #fear #怒り #恐れ
2016.11.19:
Humans: we hurtle
in pods of steel, glass, plastic
on concrete ribbons.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #cars #自動車 #concrete #高速道路
2016.11.24:
Nothing quite like it:
Monday’s martini Thursday
with threads of lime rind.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #Thanksgiving #ライム #飲み物
2016.11.25:
She won’t let me sleep
So I’m massaging her neck
as she lies purring.
#cat #猫 #haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #haikuoftheday #purring
2016.11.26:
I said to Jeoffry:
“What if we were to roast cats
instead of turkeys?”
#justkidding #cat #猫 #haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #Thanksgiving
2016.11.27:
I love pecan pie.
But there’s much too much sugar.
Just gotta say no.
#pecanpie #haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #砂糖
2016.11.27:
Mitt Romney for State?
I think he’d do a good job.
But can Trump forget?
#Trump #Romney #haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #トランプ #ミットロムニー
2016.11.28:
It’s such a nice thing:
thanks for an ancient kindness
long lost from mem’ry.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #感謝 #早期発症型認知症
2016.12.04:
He’s making it up
as he goes along, it seems.
It’s not a good sign.
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #不合理 #Creativity #創造性
2016.12.05:
On my daily walk
today my hands shout loudly:
“From now on with gloves!!!”
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #散歩 #gloves #手袋
2016.12.05:
From this point in time
I’ll ne’er be this age again.
And that’s a good thing!
#haiku #俳句 #今日の俳句 #今日の一句 #haikuoftheday #人生 #life #時間 #tempusfugit

11/20/16
Homily for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus, King of the Universe
Today is the feast of Christ the King.
In the year 2016, there are some countries that still have kings.
Our nation is not one of them.
Here in the United States we have a president.
In fact right now, one might say we have two presidents.
One president who is finishing out his second term, and we have a president-elect. A man elected 11 days ago.
He is now gathering together his governing team and will take office two months from today.
This most recent election dramatically reveals the deep divide that exists in our nation. In the past 10 days many Americans have been jubilant and elated – happily looking forward to the start of the new president’s term. And many other Americans have been fearful and angry – worried that even before the start of the next term that the mood of the nation has darkened, and that those on the margins of society have already begun to feel a change.
At the same time, many Americans are trying to take a “wait and see” attitude and to hope for the best.
We Catholic Americans are kind of unique in that we have both president and king.
We Catholic Americans have a president.
Whether we voted for him or not, whether we like him or not, whether we agree with him or not, a duly elected president deserves our respect, cooperation and support.
At the same time, we must be vigilant and hold any president responsible for ensuring the protection the most vulnerable members of our society – whether these be the poor, the unborn, victims of human trafficking, racial, ethnic or other minorities who are being made to suffer.
At the same time, we must be vigilant and hold any president responsible for ensuring the protection the most vulnerable members of our society – whether these be the poor, the unborn, victims of human trafficking, racial, ethnic or other minorities who are being made to suffer.
We Catholic Americans also have a king.
His name is Jesus Christ.
Every king has a throne.
Our King has had 3 and he seeks a 4th.
1. The first throne was the manger where he was born in Bethlehem.
2. The second throne that Jesus had was the cross.
3. His third throne is the throne in heaven where He is seated at the right hand of the Father.
In some future homily I will talk about those three thrones and why they are important,
But for now, let me talk about one last throne – that 4th one.
Whether you know it or not, you have the throne in your heart. Whatever sits on that throne governs your life.
Ask yourself: What sits on the throne in your heart?
o Is it the desire for money? or things?
o Is it alcohol? Is it drugs? Is it sex? Is it yourself? Is it your work?
o Is it a relationship with someone that you know in your heart is sinful?
o It is possible for any of these things to be sitting on the throne of your heart.
And if one of these things is sitting on the throne,
it is governing your life; it is directing your life, and NOT the Lord.
it is governing your life; it is directing your life, and NOT the Lord.
The thing that you and I need to do is to look into our own hearts and to see who or what is sitting on the throne there. If we see ourselves sitting there, or if we see any one of the things I just mentioned sitting there, we.need.to.repent. We need to remove those other things from that throne. And then we need to turn to Jesus.
We need to open up our hearts to Jesus.
We need to invite Him to come into our hearts.
We need to invite Him to sit on the throne in our hearts.
We need to invite Him to be our king.
We need to invite Him to rule our hearts, to rule our lives,
with His love, with His peace, with His reconciliation, with His forgiveness.
with His love, with His peace, with His reconciliation, with His forgiveness.
When we invite him to take his throne as King in our hearts and our lives, it will affect how we act as Catholic citizens of our great nation.
One more, related thing:
Archbishop Chaput 4 days ago wrote and posted a very helpful article about our nation since the presidential election in CatholicPhilly.com entitled:
“The Right Place to Start ”
“The Right Place to Start ”
Here is a link to the column. I highly recommend it.
Finally, as we receive Our Lord Jesus in the Eucharist today,
let us invite Him to be the King of our hearts and our lives.
so that we can help the Gospel values of Justice, Mercy and Compassion to prevail in our nation.

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