BXVI on mourning. The man had a way with words

In which I am competent and motivated! And yet. www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/14/w...

He has been uninvited from yoga

A shepherd who knows what it’s like to have embarrassing pictures of yourself back when you thought you were a cool sheep

The Church has a preferential option for the poor—but who are the poor? Might they be a President with low approval ratings? Might they be the aspiring trillionaire getting wrecked by Joyce Carol Oates on their own website?

it has been a good long minute since I read America Magazine but JD Vance getting schooled in a Jesuit publication is the absolute sweetest plum www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...

bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass

Me on the Jesuitical podcast! youtu.be/EBzMIcMVC5c?...

Real pho is made with a bone broth, but I honestly figured I was already pushing my luck with an unfamiliar food, so I figured this would be sort of entry-level pho, and if they liked it, we could go from there. A phojascent soup, if you will. www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/07/w...

This comment on my site is giving me such joy right now. I told her she should call the FBI and tell them what I did.

I hear Americans can expect to lose, in many cases, up to 654% of their body weight

So close! That is a shitshow. 💕

This administration wants to set itself up as somehow Christian. Let them, then, do the bare minimum: Welcome the stranger. www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/03/g...

You may think you’re over wanting to impress the cool kids by the time you’re fifty years old, but when you have four teenage girls in the house, it does sneak up on you sometimes. www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/31/w...

the time I was in the Wendy's drive thru dictating notes for an essay about John Singer Sargent and the lady who took my order had a rubber hand sticking out of her chest and scared the shit out of me

If you liked "they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats!" you'll love "it's totally acceptable!" because the same damn idea, but without so much foam on the lips.

Reminder: You don’t like Gavin Newsom. You like Gavin Newsom’s social media team.

ZOOOM

My son @wildjija.bsky.social did the illustration for this editorial. He just won an award for it, deservedly! kscequinox.com/2025/04/dona...

We have been living in this house almost 20 years, and it's really time to stop saying, “I can’t believe they did it this way” and “I can’t believe they just left it like that.” For twenty years, it’s been us. There is no they. They are we. www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/24/w...

What “political satire to make a point” actually looks like

Wasn’t able to go to a #nokings protest but my house skeletons would like a word

At my parents' grave, we said a decade of the rosary and I planted some crocuses and, just because I thought it was funny, some garlic. My parents didn’t agree on lots of things, but they certainly had similar views about garlic. www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/17/w...

An evergreen, greener than ever www.simchafisher.com/2018/05/29/w...

Home Depot parking lot. A bloated pick up truck with a giant cab, tons of chrome and a little bitty bed with a single piece of lumber in it starts up with an enormous throaty roar. a scrawny, leathery little old man with thick glasses turns to his friend and says, “Awh-oh. POWAH.” 

The best recipes have a tray of meat waiting impatiently to get back in that pan

"[T]he fusion of faith and political power always comes at a price: faith becomes the servant of power and must bend to its criteria." - BVXI in 2007

Some of us are in heaven, some of us still on earth; some of us have passed into eternity, and some of us are just making our way through the 9:30am Mass on a Sunday in October; but we are all still doing the same thing, visibly together, before God. www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/13/r...

What’s for supper? Vol. 443: Take heart, for the Lord hath not focaccia www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/10/w...

We are the sons of the Hamburger you couldn't Help

Walked out of the store singing “I got my garrrrrrrlic” and THEN checked to see if I was alone, which of course no

In the evening, I drove out to pick up a chainsaw someone was giving away! I’m super excited. It’s my first chainsaw. I can tell the rest of the family is excited, too, because I heard one teenager say to the other, “Ho ho ho, now she has a chainsaw.” www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/03/w...

#inktober2025 #inktober #weave Meh

#inktober #inktober2025 #mustache I stroggled

Those bastards turned me into a public radio donor. Fifty years I held out!

There’s a lot of formless glop out there calling itself poetry, but there’s a lot of really wonderfully-crafted gems, too. Go and see! Then print it out and stick it on the wall. www.simchafisher.com/2025/10/01/p...

OSV has published my article about how I found relics of St. Helen and St. Peter at the Salvation Army, and what I learned about, well, salvation. I really poured my heart into this piece, and I'm so glad it made it into the magazine before it closes. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/29/r...

She said, “Can you do it without escalating?” I thought about it, and said, “No.” Then I fixed myself a bowl of saffron olive oil ice cream with burnt orange caramel, sat on the couch, wrapped myself in a blanket, and pretended I was alone. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/26/w...

Doing one thing at the same time www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/25/d...

Don't quit; rest. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/24/d...

Imagine if there was one study that showed a tenuous correlation between autism and men taking pain relief.

Why rush? Maybe I’ll just think about it for thirty years. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/19/w...

Just a little something to take the edge off

Spotted this cool Christopher Knight Home 122" Modern L-Shaped Sectional Sofa with Chaise Lounge on my porch.

“I want this killing to mean something” is such a low bar, but I don’t think we’re clearing it.

Happy Friday! Today’s post will be about food, and gardens, and home improvement projects, and that’s it. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/12/w...

The garlic tasted fine, but really all I did was put cloves of garlic in the ground, water it for months, and then dig up the exact same number of cloves of garlic. Kept me entertained, but I’m having a hard time categorizing it as a successful crop. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/05/w...

"Fuck around and find out." – Maria Montessori

One of the kids came in when I was shoving pesto up under the chicken skin and got permanently creeped out, and I have to admit, it was a little creepy! Delicious, though. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/29/w...

I find it easier to look at adolescents with kindness when I remember that their most irrational behavior is not as senseless as it looks. In fact, it is a sign they are growing. It’s just that the growth is disproportionate. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/27/t...