Robert Brennan

Father Edward Flanagan, the Irish-born priest who founded Boys Town in Nebraska, talks with a group of boys in this undated photo. (OSV News/courtesy Boys Town)

You know you are either doing things really right or really wrong when the one car you have left — the “good” car — has a quarter of a million miles on it.

An old-school screenwriter I knew who seemed to come straight out of central casting had the same answer whenever someone asked him if he ever worried about writer's block. He would shrug his shoulders and say, “The well fills up every morning.”

There were many storylines surrounding Boston College men’s hockey prior to the season. Whether it be the losses of Will Smith and Cutter Gauthier, the addition of James Hagens, or the lofty expectations of postseason success, much was being said.

It must be October based on the Halloween decorations in the big home improvement store. You would think Christmas is here as well, as blow-up snowmen compete with animatronic witches and werewolves for the same floor space in these stores.

Green Bay Packers players celebrate after an interception against the Los Angeles Rams during a game at SoFi Stadium, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (Shutterstock)

When my wife and I attended the gala dinner for the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles , the last thing on my mind was that I would be writing about an oak tree.

They might exist, but I cannot think of a recent or vintage sci-fi movie where religion matters. I do not count the neo-gnostic pagan mysticism of the “Star Wars” franchise.

Robin Selvig stands on the court named for him, at the University of Montana’s Dahlberg Arena, in a scene from “Playing Like A Girl: The House That Rob Built.” (Family Theater Productions)

I am writing this, ink bottle and quill in hand, before the 2024 presidential election, knowing that it will not see the light of day until that election has become history. But this is not a column about the campaigns, and it certainly cannot be about the election results because they have yet to be calculated and I am not a seer.