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On the List Today

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 28 Comments

We have a depressingly long list of errands to run this morning—dentist at 9:00, doctor at 10:00, piano at 11:00. Bleh! Lately we are not home schoolers but rather, back-of-the-van paperback bookers.Fortunately, there is a light at the end of the morning’s tunnel in the form of this store—one of my favorite little shops, truly—where I will be … [Read more...]

Is it still penitential if I complain?

by Filed Under: Excessive Caffeine Consumption, Lent, Minnesota Me 17 Comments

It will surprise you not a whit, I should think, to hear that my primary Lenten penance involves coffee. As in, (I told myself at the start of Lent), I just wouldn’t have any.Coffee, that is.As in, I would instead start my day with tea.Given that the drinking of tea is firmly associated in my mind with a 4:00 p.m. teatime and not a 5:00 a.m. … [Read more...]

Springing Ahead

by Filed Under: Current Affairs, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

…was not my choice.Springing ahead on the 9th of March meant, for this Minnesotan:Driving through snow and ice to get my very early morning holy hour.“Resting in God” during my very early morning holy hour.Waiting for my replacement to arrive at 5:00 a.m. Resting in God some more.Greeting my replacement at 5:45 a.m. “Did you know that the time had … [Read more...]

On the Pursuit of Happiness and the Cleverness of McDonald’s Marketing

by Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 6 Comments

Every Wednesday afternoon we have a choice. The older three have choir for an hour at our church, and that leaves just the littles and me. Sometimes we run errands, sometimes we hang out in the van outside the church, and sometimes we visit the McDonald’s playland down the road.My girls clamor for the third option, not surprisingly, every single … [Read more...]

Spring Cleaning for the Soul

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 14 Comments

Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: “Today if you hear God's voice, harden not your heart.” Let us not put off for one moment to another what we “should” do, because the next … [Read more...]