Last night Dom imed me this link to a local blogger writing about his commute on the T, Boston’s subway system. Part of the genius is that he creates the character of Billy, the fictional driver: CHARLES [a stop on the red line] Billy stops...
Dom recently posted this picture, which I hadn’t seen before. I stumbled across it today. Glancing at it unprepared, and not expecting to see a picture of myself, I was really taken aback at how big I look. The thing is it all happens so...
I recently read Helena by Evelyn Waugh, a historical novel about St Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine who found the fragments of the true cross and brought them to Europe.—I’m on a bit of a Waugh kick after a recent re-read of...
While discussing my previous post on Catholic Home Schooling with Dom during our afternoon coffee (him) and applesauce (me) snack break, I decided that there was a larger point to be made. That is, many people have a very narrow notion of what you...
Several readers have recommended this book by Mary Kay Clark, the director of Seton Home Study: Catholic Home Schooling: A Handbook for Parents Even though I was skeptical about this book, because from what I know of Seton Home Study it is really...
I had lunch yesterday with my friend Jennifer, a fellow English teacher at Salem State that I’d lost touch with—hadn’t seen her since the end of the semester last spring and hadn’t got around to contacting her after I left...
I think this was the first book recommended to me and along with Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum was one of the first two books I’ve purchased. Catholic Education: Homeward Bound : A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling by Kimberly...
Another doctor’s visit today. I’m going every two weeks now. Not much to report, everything seems fine. And at least I only gained a pound since the last visit so no stern lectures about watching my calories! After talking with my...
The shower was on Saturday, thrown by my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, but for convenience sake held at our house. We had 16 guests, excluding children. Most of them were extended family, but several friends from chuch others came as well...
Finally! I finished the quilt I started to make a little more than a year ago. It is a present for my sister… in part a thank you for being my maid of honor. Though I would probably have made it anyway because, well, she’s my sister and...