I’ve been in a sort of slump the last couple of weeks. I’m not sure why but it’s been difficult to get up the energy to accomplish much of anything. Fortunately this weekend I got over the hump and lots of things were achieved...
by Megan Dunsmore illustrations by Lawrence Klimecki. (More of Klimecki’s art is available online here.) I picked up this little gem of a book last Saturday at the Proud to Be Catholic concert. It’s a traditional alphabet picture book. i...
We’ve had the fruit fly swarms of doom circling in our kitchen with a few scouts discovered in the bathroom and living areas. And the giant ants that have appeared periodically since spring and just when I get geared up to do battle they seem...
I didn’t have a good book lined up to bring with me on our visit to my mother- and sister-in laws’ house in Maine. Everything my eyes rested on just seemed wrong for my current mood. I hate it when that happens. As visits to Maine...
Tonight Bella was playing on the back deck while Dom grilled up some hot dogs for dinner. I was in the basement doing laundry when I heard her scream. Dom picked her up and was soon yelling for my assistance as she had a huge splinter in her foot...
Thank you to everyone who has said a prayer for my sister’s friend, Fred. Fred died at 3:15 this afternoon, at the hour of mercy. Please continue to pray for the repose of his soul and the consolation of his bereft friends and family. Kyrie...
We spent the first part of the week visiting my mother- and sister-in-law in Maine. We drove up Monday morning…. well, it took us a while to get out of the house, more like Monday afternoon. it was rainy and chilly when we got there. Bella was...
“I’m a bee,” Bella announced the other day, “Bizz wizz wizz.” (That’s the noise the bees make in Beatrix Potter’s Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.) “Roar, roar!” she growled this morning as I was...
My sister’s friend Fred is deteriorating rapidly. They have done scan after scan of his brain, it keeps getting worse. It is clear his body is shutting down. They’ve pumped food into his stomach and pumped it out again as nothing is...
On this day three years ago I married my best friend. Words can’t express how my life has changed. I treasure each and every day we have had and look forward to many, many, many more.
