My dear husband has tagged me with the �Four Things� meme. (This is because I laughed when he got tagged…) Four Jobs I�ve Had 1. Odd jobs at my parents’ Catholic bookstore (reviewing books, inventory, rearranging statues, making signs...
I just found this great piece over at the Shrine of the Holy Whapping. Here’s an excerpt (but, really, go read the whole thing): I’m in a drawing class right now where we’re copying the techniques of the old...
Mom got us a subscription to National Geographic for Christmas. She figured since we liked it as kids, it would be good for our kids. This month’s issue arrived within days of the release of Pope Benedict’s new encyclical, Deus Caritas...
Feels like spring. I decided to walk down to the park to enjoy the good weather while it lasts. As I was crossing a street I suddenly recalled that the last time I had gone that way I was feeling so very nauseous I was afraid I might throw up before...
At catholicexchange.com by Mary Kochan. Much better than my little ramblings. Check it out.
Of all the Christmas/Epiphany presents I got this year one was clearly the best: the crocheted Noah’s Ark baby blanket my sister Theresa made. She’s a full time student, working on her senior thesis this semester, and yet somehow she...
Some Background My quixotic quest in recent years has been to find a good book of Bible stories for kids. I’ve always loved children’s books, but I discovered that there is a real lack of a good Catholic children’s Bible when I was...
Some good reviews out there. A new one at The Shrine of the Holy Whapping… I love those guys. I started to post a comment and then realized it was becoming a blog entry, so cut it short. Here it is: My impression, after reading many reviews of...
Last night I dreamed that I’d had the baby, a little girl who was inexplicably being called Melanie. There was a big family reunion and my aunts and uncles were all there. FOr some reason the baby had been taken from me at birth and I was...
