It was such a beautiful afternoon, I just had to grab the camera and get outside. First, the azaleas from the dining room window. I love the soft blur they get when shot through the screen. The rhododendrons by the front porch. The chair is quite...
One of the great things about putting together our own playlist for our wedding reception (we just hooked up Dom’s iPod to the hall’s sound system and didn’t have to mess with an egotistical dj taking over our party) is that I have...
I am asking for St Dymphna’s intercession. Prayer for Those In Nervous or Emotional Distress I turn to you, dear virgin and martyr, confident of your power with God and of your willingness to take this cause into your hands. I praise and bless...
Today what people have in view is eliminating suffering from the world. For the individual, that means avoiding pain and suffering in whatever way. Yet we must also see that it is in this very way that the world becomes very hard and very cold. Pain...
A reader writes to ask for advice on “necessary” products, “useful” products, and “non-essential” products that make life with a newborn/toddler easier. And also inquires about “any good Catholic books to...
I’m on a new Rumer Godden kick. Or at least, I’m reading those of her books that I’ve had sitting on the shelf for a while and thinking of ordering up another one or two. So far neither of the two I’ve read has been quite as...
I’m the kind of person who hates having the television or radio on as background noise. Maybe I’m even a little neurotic on the subject. (Once I had a roommate who used to turn the tv on as soon as she came home and left it on until...
outside of CVS pharmacy this morning. I was the mom with the baby in a car seat carrier in one hand and a big bag with diapers in the other hand and the toddler somehow also holding a hand. I smiled but didn’t give any money or listen to your...
Bella’s down for her nap, Sophia’s sleeping soundly in the swing. The beans for tonight’s black bean soup are bubbling happily on the stove and there’s a load of laundry in the washer and another tumbling in the dryer. I sit...
So I’m sitting here, nursing Sophia, and in runs Bella, wearing only a diaper. She was wearing pjs last time I saw her. She’s carrying a pair of pink pants and saying, “Need help with the pants.” But then she plops herself...
