{"id":3399,"date":"2006-04-04T23:36:59","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T23:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/the-people-who-were-supposed-to-be-there.html"},"modified":"2006-04-04T23:36:59","modified_gmt":"2006-04-04T23:36:59","slug":"the-people-who-were-supposed-to-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/the-people-who-were-supposed-to-be-there.html","title":{"rendered":"The people who were supposed to be there.."},"content":{"rendered":"

…were there!<\/p>\n

A small but interesting group at the coffeeshop tonight. Jonathon Eason arranged things and was there with his wife, Michelle, who was very <\/em>patient with Joseph who graced her with the crown of "My Best Friend Tonight." <\/p>\n

We were particularly happy to meet Jim Curley, founder and publisher of Requiem Press, a small house located just up the road in Bethune<\/a> that publishes mostly reprints of some very interesting older Catholic books, some in handy booklet form, but has started adding some new titles. Jim and his entire family had been in town for another reason and<\/a> ended up having time to stop by, say hello, talk publishing and, in a very sweet moment, sing Happy Birthday<\/em> to Joseph.<\/p>\n

(And yes….he’s five!)<\/p>\n

Tomorrow? During the day…Zoo…art museum…talk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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