The View Up Here

In recent years, I've approached Advent at a breakneck speed, hyper-aware that I'm supposed to "do Advent" before I "do Christmas." The years I spent teaching and working for parishes were the ones I felt the most disconnected from Advent, ironically, because I was so busy preparing Advent liturgies, crafts, and activities that I missed out on the prayerful, silent, wintry season leading up to Christmas. (And let's not forget the excitement and stress of hurling myself across the NYS Thruway/MASS Pike every December to be home with my family.) The Moon getting ready for Advent (taken over my house this morning) The focus of Advent is to prepare for Christ in his Second Coming as well as commemorating the coming of the Second Person of the Trinity into Earth's history.  The liturgical season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas, and this year, it starts on Dec. 3, which means the Fourth Sunday of Advent falls on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. In es...

Moving on to post production now, searching for an editor to work with. It's been an incredible ride, humbling and exhilarating. The cast and crew who came to create a film with me have been rock solid, every one of them a superstar. I couldn't ask for anything more uplifting! It's good to have a creative project that requires me to keep moving forward because we're entering that time of year when I fight seasonal depression in a big way, even more so living where I do with so little sunshine. Something's gotta change there, folks, that's the only way I see it. But until then, full steam ahead.  Makin' a movie! Help me make a movie! "Dream House" in the news