Earlier this summer Amy Welborn announced an online book club that would discuss the new novel, Exiles, by Ron Hansen, a novel about Gerard Manly Hopkins and his poem, “The Wreck of the Deutschland”, about the death of five German nuns...
Regina Doman introduces me to a novel sort of child’s play house: Waldorf-style playstands. a playstand is a simple movable wooden shelf that children can use to create houses, have a little store, do a puppet show, or any other kind of...
Yesterday Cardinal Sean celebrated mass at our parish, Immaculate Conception in Salem, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the present church’s dedication. It was a beautiful mass, a wonderful celebration. I wish I had a copy of the...
When I rearranged Isabella’s room to fit in her new bed, this little night stand which had been tucked away behind my rocking chair had to be moved to make way for the crib. It acquired a new prominence in the room and I was inspired to create...
I don’t have clear memories of reading Beatrix Potter as a child. I do have some vague feeling of familiarity with The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny and Two Bad Mice, so I must have read them at some point. In any case...
The Hunger Games is a science fiction novel aimed at the teen/young adult market. It is part Survivor (Yeah, I watch Survivor; it’s one of my guilty pleasures), part gladiatorial games and part devshirme (the systematic collection of non...
about the life of Mother Teresa. Truth be told I am abbreviating it a bit, this book is a little text-heavy for Bella. But if we keep coming back to it, we may well work through most of it today. I must confess that, though I love Mother Teresa...
In one of the Green Gables books, Anne famously vows that she will not speak baby talk with her infants. Of course, the actual experience of motherhood undoes her resolution and she finds herself engaging in the habit she formerly despised. Now I...
Sophia is six months old today! I can’t believe she’s already been with us for half a year. And yet I can’t imagine our lives without her.
Thank you, God, for my beautiful girl.
Well the bassinet/cosleeper we got when we were expecting Bella (not that she slept in it very much) and which Sophia has been occupying for the last few months was recalled for safety reasons. Which prompted a mini-crisis: Do we buy a new bassinet...
