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It’s Snowing!

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 3 Comments

Big, white, fluffy flakes! The dirty gray landscape is no more.Now if this doesn’t give me cause for joy, I don’t know what would.And joy is a very good thing.My friends, I can’t not blog right now.I have too much on my plate to not be happy, and blah-blah-blogging makes me happy. I’m just…weird that way.So we are having a good Advent, my family … [Read more...]

Silent Night

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Prayer, Spiritual Growth 5 Comments

When I asked Our Lord what He wanted from me for Christmas, He responded, “I want your blog.”Consequently I am going to be deleting the entirety of its contents on December 25th.I’m kidding! That’s not what He meant, you know.I am going to take a weeklong break, however. Prepare my heart and that sort of thing. I need to be as quiet as possible … [Read more...]

Dental Visits of the Rich and Famous

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Felicity, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

The hygienist was certain that she recognized her youthful client from somewhere.Was it the FAO Schwarz store in Manhattan?The Planet Hollywood in Palm Springs?The Hard Rock Café in Houston?Or was it on the pages of some blog that she found when doing a Google search for winter/Minnesota/crabby mom/early morning appointments?It would just bug her … [Read more...]

Ego Sum Weary

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Homeschooling, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Reviews 12 Comments

So we started praying the O Antiphons today and a good thing, too, because that is about the only thing I accomplished.Tell me again the Latin for “bone tired?”Little does this photo show, but these muffins are just stuffed with chocolate.We need all the help we can get on a Monday morning, don’t you agree? I’m blaming it on the wild hormonal … [Read more...]

When all else fails…

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Minnesota Me, My Writing Elsewhere Leave a Comment

...eat chocolate!(Especially since despite the cheerful tone of my last post, I cried my way through this morning’s Mass. Sigh. Like I said, the grief process has hills and valleys.)Anyway.The new Faith & Family has hit the stands, and I am both pleased and humbled to announce that I have authored one of the pieces.So did our Suzanne, by the … [Read more...]

Break out the Pink!

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Miscarriage 8 Comments

It’s Gaudete Sunday!“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! The Lord is near.”(Phil. 4: 4, 5)When I went to my holy hour this morning, I was surprised to see what I had written in the book of intentions last Sunday: “That I may have the grace to grow in holiness this Advent.” Kind of ironic, don’t you think? One must be careful what one … [Read more...]