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October 2012

October 25, 2012

Go ahead, October. Surprise me.

My husband -- my HUSBAND! -- make me take out the part about how, every...

October 23, 2012

Do brains break the communion fast?

Yes, unless they're medicinal. But they're perfectly fine for the after-Mass social hour.

October 22, 2012

Beautiful apron raffle! – UPDATED

Hey, everybody - My dear friend Robin has been selling handmade aprons online. They are...

October 19, 2012

The Million Dollar Jerk

Hi, I’m The Jerk. You might remember me from that time the League of Outraged...

October 18, 2012

Catholic context and Catholic noise

Sorting it out as the election rhetoric gets more and more hysterical

October 16, 2012

Twelve movies to terrify your kids

Last night, a little voice told me to take out the part about There Be...

October 11, 2012

Debates I’d rather see

"Be topical!" they said. "Write more about news and current events, can't you?" they said....

October 09, 2012

Hope stems eternal from the cell of man

In case you needed another excuse to back away from the monsters.

October 05, 2012

I have six minutes free!

For Seven Quick Takes. See if you can figure out which one got the shaft,...

October 02, 2012

Pro-choice Catholics worship an idiot God

Just listen to what he says.

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Who are the “one in three?”

Guttmacher says one in three women in America will obtain an abortion -- and it...

September 27, 2012

Everything I really need to know, I learned from screwing up horribly

Now taking bets on how long it will take for the first comment that says,...

September 25, 2012

I always thought I wanted a big family, but . . .

(a little encouragement for new moms who are struggling.) Also, tonight I will be at...

September 21, 2012

The reading room

Why I'm swearing off using the word "globularlike."

September 20, 2012

Dealing with fear

Today's post has a few really basic ideas about how to turn down the heat...

September 18, 2012

Much ado about vocations

A couple of things that didn't make it into today's post about discerning vocations: One...

September 17, 2012

Theology on Tap!

On Tuesday, September 25th at 9:00, I'll be at Murphy's in Hanover, NH, for a...

September 14, 2012

Who’s coming to dinner?

Definitely not Hannah Arendt. Raisinet?

September 13, 2012

Kids and Politics

In which I give you permission to get a little ranty at your kids, all...

September 11, 2012

This isn’t who I really am!

Oh yeah? And just in case you feel picked upon by this post, let me...

September 07, 2012

Eight Lovely Things

Because I am a lady, and I can get away with things like this. (Now...

September 06, 2012

It’s time to put the fun back in fundraising!

And I hope you appreciate how much time I spent fruitlessly searching for a sound...

September 05, 2012

The Grip of Ritual

Don't let go.

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Ten things I learned while camping with nine kids

Here ya go, fresh from my just-back-from-camping brain. Oh, and I forgot one more thing: ...

August 28, 2012

Homeschool To Classroom: A Quiz For Anxious Parents

Are you at an appropriate level of freakout? And, because I never get tired of...

August 27, 2012

Catholic Match article

"A Letter To My Sad, Skinny Single Self" is up today. Boy, that was a...

August 24, 2012

Gung ho!

Is this what the Holy Spirit wants from you? Really?

August 23, 2012

Cake pans and wedding vows

This is one of the dishtowels which we got for a wedding present almost fifteen...

August 22, 2012

Is this a Cuban I see before me?

Hi, I’m The Jerk. You might remember me from that time the USCCB named me...

August 21, 2012

Behold, the dreamer cometh

Oops, forgot to link up. It's about interpreting dreams. Had any luck?