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2015-10-28T12:43:16-05:00

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Not everything is fixable (God have mercy on us all)

Last updated on: October 28, 2015 at 12:43 pm By Simcha Fisher

A caller once asked radio host Dr. Laura for advice about an impossible situation. I forget the details — something about lots of children and lots of fathers, various addictions, various betrayals, and a family tree that was twisted and ingrown and diseased. Dr. Laura could not offer much hope to the caller, other than to point out that her story shows why it’s so important not to have kids out of wedlock. “But–” the caller protested. “What if I can... Read more

2015-10-27T16:05:32-05:00

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Rogue Laughter in a Flippant Society

Last updated on: October 27, 2015 at 4:05 pm By Simcha Fisher

Whether you call it a defect in our understanding of tragedy, or a defect in our understanding of comedy, it amounts to the same thing, because a society that avoids tragedy is a society that does not understand comedy — and so it has no idea when to laugh and when to cry. Read the rest at the Register. *** image via Pixabay Read more

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2015-10-26T11:04:43-05:00

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Up from Unity Candles

Last updated on: October 26, 2015 at 11:04 am By Simcha Fisher

My marriage is now an adult! It’s eighteen years old as of yesterday. Here’s a piece I wrote back in 2011, wherein I recount some of the ridiculous things that happened during our wedding ceremony, and how little they mattered. *** Here is a nice little explanation of what a Catholic wedding looks like, compared to what you might see on TV. No one “gives the bride away,” for instance, because a valid marriage requires that the bride and groom freely... Read more

2015-10-24T21:32:49-05:00

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I just figured out why it was called “The Synod on the Family.”

Last updated on: October 24, 2015 at 9:32 pm By Simcha Fisher

I just figured out the entire Synod. Or at least, I figured out something about it! Maybe everyone else already knows this, and I’m just slow, but it kind of blew my mind. My husband and I were talking about people in really rotten marital situations — say, a Catholic man in a valid marriage to a woman who reacted badly to the trials of life, and turned into a horrible person. When she began to abuse the kids, they got... Read more

2015-10-31T10:21:11-05:00

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Florida grapefruits and oranges for sale! Support my kids’ wonderful school

Last updated on: October 31, 2015 at 10:21 am By Simcha Fisher

As you may know, my younger kids attend an excellent rural charter school. We love it to pieces, but are horrible slackers when it comes to fundraising and volunteering. Can you help us? We’re selling lovely, juicy Florida citrus fruits, shipped to you the same day they’re picked. It’s a very small school, so even a few extra orders makes a noticeable difference in my kids’ classrooms. In NH, charter schools recently won a legislative victory, and our school will be getting... Read more

2015-10-23T10:28:06-05:00

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What’s for supper? Vol. 9: Tortellini Entropy and Bread Machine Challah

Last updated on: October 23, 2015 at 10:28 am By Simcha Fisher

My mother used to eat leftovers for lunch, and sometimes for breakfast. Her method was to take whatever she could find, put it in a pot, douse it with the salsa that she bought by the half-gallon, and stir until it was all hot and horrible. You may think that she did this just so she wouldn’t have to share it with her eight locust children, but she actually liked it that way! Although there is that disconcerting thing that happens to... Read more

2015-10-21T09:05:40-05:00

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I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to . . .

Last updated on: October 21, 2015 at 9:05 am By Simcha Fisher

I’m reading . . . Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith. Fourth in the Arkady Renko series that began with the brilliant Gorky Park, about which I said this: Maybe because it was so popular when it came out, or maybe because the author’s name is so snazzy, I somehow assumed that it was a trashy beach book, or some kind of dated, two-bit thriller. Boy, was I wrong. This is the real deal — real literature, a genuinely great... Read more

2015-10-20T11:00:14-05:00

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Who’s your monster?

Last updated on: October 20, 2015 at 11:00 am By Simcha Fisher

What do we tell ourselves, when we see the zombies coming for us? That society has already collapsed, so there’s no sense in trying to go out and rebuild or save anyone. That the only sensible plan is to cut ourselves off, to build a ball, to hunker down, to dig in. They’re not real people anymore anyway, so let them tear each other apart. Save yourselves. Tell me that doesn’t sound familiar. Tell me it doesn’t mean anything. Read the rest at... Read more

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2015-10-19T10:15:03-05:00

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12+ Scary Movies Our Kids Loved (including at least 5 “hells” and 2 “bollocks”)

Last updated on: October 19, 2015 at 10:15 am By Simcha Fisher

By Screenshot from “Internet Archive” of the movie Dracula (1958) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Because we are integrated Catholics, we observe All Saints Day, All Souls Day, and Halloween — the latter, by trick-or-treating, putting the little guys stickily to bed, and showing the older kids a scarier movie than we normally allow. And because I’m still in denial about just how many outrageous promises I carelessly made about costumes I’d be happy to whip up, I’m thinking hard about what... Read more

2015-10-16T09:44:07-05:00

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What’s for supper? Vol. 8: The Fanciest Soup Picture I Have Ever Taken

Last updated on: October 16, 2015 at 9:44 am By Simcha Fisher

Question of the week: What childhood meal are you always trying to recreate? For me, it’s beef stroganoff. I’ve used lots of different recipes, many fancier than the one my mother used, but I haven’t been able to get it to taste quite as good. Maybe the missing ingredient is walking home from school, trudging up the hill in the snow (we really did live on top of a big hill!), slogging up the porch steps, opening the front door,... Read more

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