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Archive: January 2009

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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...

Bobbing for Kings

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...

A Rosary for Life

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...

A Pillow for Bella

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...

Bella Bella Bella

“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.
 

Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

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...

“Leaving Literature Behind”

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...

Bella’s All-Request Morning

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...

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