Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt. I’ve had this on my shelf for quite some time, given to me by someone, maybe my mom. Not terribly excited to read it though, from what I’d heard about it. It was better in many ways than I expected...
Sophia, very proud of her new found ability to pull herself up to a stand was practicing tonight by standing up at the edge of the fireplace, reaching in and grabbing at the nativity set. Cute, I thought. I suppose she’s figured out that if...
Last night our parish had a holy hour for life. Unfortunately, it was from 7:30 to 8:30. That’s prime getting the kids to bed time. I sadly told our pastor there was no way we could make it. Asked if the church would stay open later so I could...
My latest non-fiction read. I seem to be developing a food-related theme. I picked this one up at a library book sale a couple of years ago. I didn’t realize at the time how new the book was, published in 2003. This is a short but fascinating...
I’ve been having much fun playing with my sewing in the past couple of weeks. Having a dedicated sewing table in my laundry room means I can leave projects out. Not having to get things out and clean up means I can grab ten or fifteen minutes...
“Can you put this scarf on my head? Can you tie it?”
Tell me she doesn’t look like a poster child for some relief agency.
I suppose I need to stop proclaiming that I don’t really like to read non-fiction. I think I just needed to find the kind of non-fiction I do like to read. Well, I’m putting Michael Pollan on my list of favorites. One of my repeated...
Cleaning out my archive of half-finished blog posts. I thought this was a great article: “Leaving Literature Behind”. By Bruce Fleming, an English prof at the U.S. Naval Academy. I’ve tried many times, always unsatisfactorily to...
from the archive of half-finished blog posts. Sometimes I find it impossible to write a straight review. My thoughts get all tangled up with personal reflections and what comes out is more of a personal essay than a review. Good thing I’m not...
Sadly, we haven’t had a nice cuddle day with lots of music and books for a while. Songs sung (during breakfast): Bringing in the Sheaves Immaculate Mary (10 times at least. I must learn more than the first verse.) Good King Wenceslas (she...