Hello! Did you think I forgot about you, gentle reader? Rest assured; I did not.

My attention has been divided lately while embarking on a new career and vocation. And I hope you’ll excuse my absence. I’ve been pouring pretty much all of my time into that effort.

WhollyRoaminCatholic.com has been a (sporadic) project of mine since early 2008, and I’ve resigned myself to the fact that it will always be a sporadic project. I’ve had blogs of one form or another pretty much since 2001. When blogger.com came out with their blogging software, I was among the earliest people on planet earth to use their tool (member #189 if I recall correctly). Over the years, I’ve learned all the right ways to build readership through short, poignant regular posting; I’ve learned how to write creatively and personally, well punctuated with clever graphics and interesting links. And back when the Google Empire was just a honest tool with spiders who didn’t take money for page placement, I used to have a fair amount of Google ‘cred.

And despite all the evidence that nothing builds readership and a valuable website like frequent posting— I have to admit that I don’t think this site will ever be a regularly updated website.

Sorry to disappoint, gentle reader.

If you like this site and check it every day, then the chances are that you’re going to be disappointed most days. My best advice is that you add the RSS feed to your feed reader (after all these years in the internets, I just learned how to use a reader about 2 weeks ago). Or if you’re a person who uses the Twitter, you can add @WhollyRoamin to your list of people that you follow. I don’t Tweet my Twitter very much and keep it as a tool to promote this site, so I promise that I won’t clog your Twitter feed with pictures of my lunch or updates about the price of gasoline. I keep it focused on the business of WhollyRoaminCatholic.com.

Still, I resolve to post more on this site. It’s my goal to help Catholics be better Catholics to the best of my ability, and one part of this goal is to write lengthy posts with clumsy grammar. St. Lawrence is the patron of this blog, and through his intercession, I hope to be steadfast in serving Christ and the Church.

St. Lawrence, pray for us!