Dom posted this question on his blog and it’s been bugging me too, so I’m reposting it here. I really hope one of my readers has an answer. Quick question: In the �Madeline� books by Ludwig Bemelmans, is Miss Clavell a nun. Is that a...
Bella and I have been experiencing the January cabin-fever blahs. We did get out for a short outing on Tuesday to a local park we hadn’t visited before; but the playground equipment was really too big for her and there was too much snow on the...
This one’s been going around and though I was crossing my fingers and hoping I’d be overlooked, literacy chic has tagged me. Which book do you irrationally cringe away from reading, despite seeing only positive reviews? Irrationally? Me...
Recently I picked Good News About Sex and Marriage by Christopher West. This is the first of West’s books I’ve read; but several years ago I listened to a recording of one of his seminars on cd (Naked Without Shame here on 10 cds for just $3.90) and...
I made pizza for the first time tonight, sheet pan pizza. It was really good, if a little thicker than I expected. The recipe called for a bigger sheet pan that I had and the dough rose more than I expected. The crust was more than an inch thick...
Some interesting insights into the way the meaning of work has been distorted in our culture at Aimee Milburn’s Historical Christian blog. First, she passes on a critique of feminism by F. Carolyn Graglia: . . . prior to the feminist...
Have I mentioned that the spare bed in Bella’s room has been swallowed by the piles of baby clothes which we’ve gratefully received from various of my in-laws? A while back I started in on the great sorting project and managed to get...
Dom leaves the house by 6:30 most weekday mornings. Now I love him dearly; but I’m not a morning person. Not only do I not get up to make him breakfast, I usually only grunt and roll over when he comes in to kiss me goodbye. (Yes, he always...
Julie D. linked to this great story at Sigmund, Carl and Alfred: A father wanted to find special ways to bond with his daughter. Fathers think about that sort of thing. Anyway, what this father did once a month was to have an �ice cream emergency.�...
