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St. Patrick’s Day, saving face, and seeing things

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Mar 17, 2023
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St. Patrick’s Day, saving face, and seeing things
The truth is out there. Credit: NBC15.

Happy Friday friends,

And a very happy St. Patrick’s Day to those who celebrate — they being Americans, mostly.

I’m going to be honest with you, I’ve come full circle on Paddy’s Day.

As a kid in Chicago, I thought the whole dying-the-river-green-thing was cool, and my parish and school dripped with the kind of lucky ch…

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