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March 2016

March 16, 2016

What You May Have Missed

Good Letters: Learning Detachment in the Attic Good Letters: A Post About God...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Less is More, and More and More of My Writing Around the Web

The Christmas Tree is sagging a bit. I know we're supposed to leave them up...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

80’s Free Range Childhood Was Not the Same as 50’s Childhood

I've had a recurring thought lately, that I should be a school bus driver, because...

April 13, 2015

Miracles Don’t Happen If You Never Ask For Them

Oh my Venus. The stars were bright last night. And I pushed myself beyond previously...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Forcing the Changes

Around my living room, one child is sitting very smugly sucking on a candy cane...

December 09, 2014

The Mom Who Cares

The whole family's in the car trying to head home from my parents' after three...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

Pope Makes Time for Autism, Can We?

When one of our children was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum disorder shortly after kindergarten at...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

Somebody’s Got To Do It

OK kids, time to clean the kitchen. You have ten minutes to wipe down the...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

The Idiot Experience of Righteous Anger

Last night, I came home from the store after dark to find that someone had...

June 2014

June 14, 2014

Little Free Library: Leave a Book, Return a Book

This little house goes at the end of the driveway, people stop and pick a...

June 10, 2014

Cloudy Skies and Ivy

Iphone photos from the roads where I walk. ...

June 03, 2014

Beyond School Spirit: When Love is the Only Reason to Play

My son's last soccer game was this weekend. It's a league of 12-15 year olds...

April 2014

April 03, 2014

Do you subscribe to Living Faith?

If not, you may have missed my meditation there on Monday.

March 2014

March 06, 2014

SoulCore: A Mary-led, Spirit-led Workout

About a month ago, a dear friend of mine had a birthday. To celebrate with...

March 05, 2014

Living Faith, Daily Catholic Devotions

Just a quick note to let you know I've written a few short meditations for Living...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Immediate Book Meme

Hosted at Darwin Catholic "There are plenty of memes that want to know all...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

Pope Francis’s Consistent and Boldly Proclaimed Pro-life Message.

News has circulated this week about Pope Francis baptizing 32 infants in Rome. During his...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Must Get This Album: Mavis Staples

One True Vine

December 06, 2013

Oriental Duck Soup

One of my dumb ambitions for Thanksgiving was to cook Turducken. I bought turkey and...

November 2013

November 04, 2013

Why Dogs can be a Baby’s Best Friend

My sister-in-law wanted to know what kind of crazy you have to be to get...

October 2013

October 06, 2013

The Art of Raising a Puppy

Thanks to Manny for the recommendation! I can't wait to read this book!

September 2013

September 11, 2013

“MOOOOOMMMM!”

Me: "Nope. No more talking to me. I'm done parenting today. From now on report...

September 10, 2013

Book giveaway: Love and Salt

Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to read and review Love and Salt for...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Items and Ideas: A Review of Strange Gods by Elizabeth Scalia

I was dropping off a bag of stuff at Goodwill, and another car pulled up...

May 17, 2013

When in Doubt, Blame the Parents: Do Parents Cause ADHD?–UPDATED (AGAIN)

There's an article circulating from Psychology Today about Why French Kids Don't have ADHD by Marilyn...

May 10, 2013

New From Korrektiv Records!

Well, here's something fun: Through the wonders of modern technology, I have been able to...