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Raising Catholic Kids

My recent post on My Cup of Tea reminded me of a recent conversation with my sister on the subject of Catholic parenting. She had told me about a friend who is discerning a vocation to marriage. With a specific young man. She’s a recent...

Farmer’s Market

Went to the Marblehead farmer’s market this morning. The third Saturday in a row we’ve managed to make it out there. It’s a great place with half a dozen farms represented including a farm that specializes in oriental veggies and...

Harry Potter, Anti-hero?

Note: Please, for the sake of my sanity and to facilitate a reasonable discussion, read all of the linked posts by Scott Peterson as well as the comments threads on those posts before posting a comment on this thread I used to be the kind of person...

The Flying Inn

I just finished reading Flying Inn by G. K. Chesterton. This was a fun book, though it took me a while to get into it. I almost gave up a couple of times, the first few chapters were a bit slow. But I’m glad I plodded my way through them...

Bella and the Giraffe

So far Bella hasn’t shown much interest in toys. If you shake a rattle in front of her, it might catch her eye for a minute, but then she’s staring off into space again. But the other day while she was lying on the quilt, I hooked her...

My Cup of Tea

Today we went to visit my brother-in-law’s family in Canton, about an hour south of here. They have a pool and it was forcasted to be sweltering hot. Seemed like a good day for a visit. While Dom frolicked with the nephews in the pool, Bella...

Smile!

I’ve never that I can recall spent so much time smiling as I have in hte past few weeks. I must spend a total of a couple of hours a day just grinning goofily at my daughter. Smiles and coos are Bella’s primary means of communication...

musical morning

It’s 5 am and Bella’s eating for the third time since she woke at 2. After each earlier meal I tried to pop her in the swing, but after a few mintues I’d begin to hear sucks and coos and coughs and that other noise she makes I...

In the Kitchen

Dom’s talking about starting a new blog that would be devoted to cooking and all things culinary. But while I’m waiting for him to get that up and running, I had a few recent culinary experiences to write about. Collard Greens Yum! the...

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