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Aquinas wired

I’m Jerry Partacz, happily married to my wife Julie for over 40 years. I have four children and eleven grandchildren. I’m enjoying retirement after 38 years of teaching. I now have an opportunity to share my thoughts on many things. I’m an incurable optimist. I also love to solve crossword puzzles and to write light verse. I love to read, to garden, to play the piano, to collect stamps and coins, and to watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.

Recent posts

• At the Mayo Clinic, Pence shows his true face »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted today at 10:01 am

• Puzzling over the pandemic and its role in life »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted April 25, 2020 at 2:57 pm

• Long before the arrival of the Co-vid vaccine, I may begin to look like that Harry Potter character, Hagrid »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted April 24, 2020 at 1:24 pm

• What my mother taught me that Trump never learned »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted April 23, 2020 at 10:58 am

• Trump’s version of liberation theology »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted April 18, 2020 at 1:59 pm

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