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Poverty: The New Definition

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Minnesota Me, My Girls 3 Comments

The kids were enjoying a post-baseball game treat of ice cream—Joe’s team won! Yay!—when Angela proceeded to voice a complaint. It seems that after dinner last night she got neither ice cream nor cake—the sad consequence of not finishing all her supper.“Angela.” Felicity was properly indignant, sensing as she did the impropriety of complaining … [Read more...]

On the Virtue of Silence

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Prayer, Spiritual Growth 7 Comments

Christ: “My child, there are times when you ought to keep to yourself and avoid conversation. There is no profit in unkind talk, rash talk, or indecent talk. What is the good of wasting time with idle disputes or with boasting?True, there are times when light conversation brings needed relief and necessary recreation, but talk which does not help … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Hearth & Home, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

(Vol. XIV for Me)~ Take 1 ~I’d like to begin and end this week’s Quick Takes installment with a quote. Here’s the first one.Yesterday we attended Our First Baseball Game of the Season. (This is an event of such significance and magnitude that you must put it all in caps.) My oldest son Joe is playing on not one but two local teams, and tell me how … [Read more...]

It takes a village…

by Filed Under: Current Affairs, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 2 Comments

The lightning storm that caused this fire kept my Felicity up most of the night and sent her scurrying into my bed. I told her that it would be okay—that she was safe inside.Not so for the little girl who lived in this house.Please do what you can to help her family--offer a prayer or a donation. I can’t imagine having our home hit by lightning. I … [Read more...]

A Garden Party

by Filed Under: Honest Blogging, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

(Weeds and All)We are on our third year of doing The Garden of the Good Shepherd: A Sticker Calendar and are incredibly blessed, really, to be on the receiving end of Charlotte and Jessica’s creativity when it comes to hosting a garden party.I hope this post doesn’t embarrass them.Here we are out on the deck, beginning our very informal Garden of … [Read more...]

Scone Morning

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

One of the things that I love about staying home with my children—and there are many—is that I can drop everything and bake when my children ask me to.Drop Everything and Bake.This is also known as DEAB and is not to be confused with the DEAR in Ramona Quimby’s classroom. (That stands for Drop Everything and Read, and we’ve been known to do that … [Read more...]