Our latest acquisition is Tutankhamun by Demi. Oh gorgeous pictures. And Bella and Sophie are in heaven. As I was tucking Bella in tonight she was crowing about how much this book will improve her Egypt games. Then she complained about how Sophie...
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers by Gloria Whelan illustrated by Yan Nascimbene Another book to add to our Japanese picture book rabbit trail. A delightful find about a little girl whose father is a provincial governor in Japan and must travel...
A collection of links on a Saturday night. 1. Suffering and Suffering Well, a beautiful homily from Father Philip Powell, OP My point? I had been in constant pain for almost four months, and I grieved my loss of independence. But I had yet to suffer...
About the Icon of the Dormition (so worth reading!) Blessed Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary! (or of the Dormition of the Theotokos to my Eastern and Orthodox brethren) As we usually do on Holy Days, our family went to the 8:15...
“And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass.” —Ezra Pound I just bought The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry, a collection edited by Seamus...
Goldfinch at the feeder We’ve had this feeder up for quite some time (and I go for months sometimes between filling it up because I’m terrible at that kind of thing). It’s on the front window and we have a similar one at the back...
When we get up in the morning, the duties and cares of the day will crowd in on us, if they have not already driven away the peace of the night. This is when we need to get things under control and say: Calm down! None of this must touch me now. My...
“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” ― Hilaire Belloc Eight years ago today…. We threw a really big party and invited a bunch of friends and...
Anthony is turning into quite the builder. I’ve been very impressed with his block structures recently. He says this is bunk beds. “This my bed. This Ben’s.” Now he got the idea of bunk beds from Sophie, who makes them...
It was one of those perfect New England summer days and I didn’t want to miss it so I took my book and the baby and settled down on a blanket under the maple trees. I stayed out until it was time to make dinner and I felt so refreshed and...