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by Filed Under: Blogging, Gratitude, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

From the heart: Thank you, thank you and thank you again to everyone who left a comment on my shameless self-promotion of a post last Friday. Will you kill me if I tell you something? I was teasing when I said it was National No Lurk Day. If perchance you thought I was serious, tell me and I’ll never, ever lurk at your blog again.Unless I’m super … [Read more...]

Ten Years Ago Today

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 20 Comments

I was phoning my friend to ask the following:“Um…I’m in labor. Is it okay if I skip Mass?”My friend’s response:“You goofball! Get to the hospital!”The ubiquitous birthday breakfast request: monkey bread! Happy, Happy Birthday to my handsome, helpful boy. You have never minded sharing your day with Our Blessed Mother, which is but one of the things … [Read more...]

Happy Feast of the Assumption!

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

“The ark which God has sanctified,Which He has filled with grace,Within the temple of the LordHas found a resting-place.”The Assumption of Mary is one of those feasts that the world would gladly diminish. We know better though, don’t we?Still, I also know that I myself see so dimly the eternal truths of this proclamation.Oh, to be holy, as Mary was … [Read more...]

A little clarity, please?

by Filed Under: Blogging, Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me 12 Comments

Sometimes, for the sake of being “artsy”, I end up being clear as mud.Case in point: I received a couple of sweet e-mails after my Unsubscribed post just below, the gist being that I’d made my friends say “huh?”If you knew what I meant by that post, you can stop reading now.For the rest of you, here’s my explanation.Having given Pioneer Woman a … [Read more...]