Caught in the act. Anthony climbs on a box to get to the remote controls. Anthony had his official checkup on Tuesday (and I haven’t been able to finish this post until today) and the official stats are in. He’s now 26 pounds and 9...
I was so proud of my braid, Bella was a bit perplexed when I announced I was going to make a special bread for St Lucy’s day. “We don’t know anyone named Lucy,” she mused, “except the duck is called Lucy.” Lucy is...
Friday night we all went to Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston for a Mass of Blessing for the new community the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth. Dom has worked with Sr Olga Yaqob, the new Mother servant of the community. It was a beautiful, beautiful Mass...
Me and my little brother, Tim, on my wedding day. I’ll bet his smile’s even bigger now than it was on that day. I’m afraid I don’t have a picture of Tim and Amber. Or rather I do have one from when they visited in February;...
In a comment below Ann Marie asked me to do a blog entry about playlists. So here is my blog entry about playlists. Since Ann Marie didn’t specify exactly what she wanted me to write about playlists, what you are going to get is a very long...
{pretty} a late rose with frost I can take no credit for the roses. They were here when we moved in and I have no idea what I’m doing. And yet despite my benign neglect, they graciously bloom into December. It keeps me humble and gives me...
St Joseph leads Mary to Bethlehem. I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about what we’re doing for Advent this year; but writing time has been precious scarce of late. I’ve still not finished writing my tribute to my grandmother...
The teething continues. At least I think it does. Everyone has a cold and that misery tends to overshadow mere teething. On Thursday after a particularly sleepless night and a long afternoon with fussy children. I complained: I’m just...
I continue to be fascinated by Bella’s imaginary family. Her oldest girl is Jane, who seems to either be about 12 or an adult. In Bella’s world I suppose the two are about the same. Jane is competent and cares for the younger children...
