Right Brain, Left Brain

I once read that in order to function at our best, people should perform activities that engage both the right and left hemispheres of the brain. I don’t think it meant that we needed to do both at the same time (like the stories we’ve all heard of surgeons who have music playing in the…

Notre Dame de Chartres

  When, as is sometimes the case, Paris becomes too much to bear with its intensity, rapid pace, and crowded streets, it is possible to escape by train to numerous, interesting destinations in close proximity. Chartres is one of these destinations, taking approximately 1 hour each way for the journey. It is a beautiful, ancient city…

Notre Dame de Paris

As a tourist, I am always awed by the architecture and majesty of the cathedrals I have visited in Western Europe. As a Catholic, I appreciate the hard, dangerous work of those who built these imposing structures, and am moved by the deep, abiding faith of those who have prayed there over the centuries, and those who continue…