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May 2021

May 16, 2021

Third Grade Math Word Problems Reimagined as Horrifying Stories

Rosie is finishing up her third grade lessons. She is looking forward to a few...

October 2020

October 20, 2020

Rosie, the Hardy Boys, and the Mystery of the Orange Extension Cord

We are homeschooling for another year. Every year I think we're going to get out...

February 2020

February 21, 2020

A Suggestion For Your Lent This Year

Have you made your plans for Lent yet? What are you going to do?...

September 2019

September 03, 2019

Dear Father Reehill: Harry Potter Isn’t Real

I don't want to talk about Harry Potter. I don't like the Harry Potter...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

A Chance to Change: A Review of “Everything Hidden Shall Be Revealed”

I have just finished reading a thought-provoking book by my friend Adam A. J. DeVille....

November 2018

November 21, 2018

Harry Potter and the Misplaced Terrors

They say that history repeats itself. As far as world events, we stand poised on...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

In Defense of Libraries

I once had to do a tricky take-home exam on Plato, over a...

November 2017

November 09, 2017

Mrs. Pezzulo and Ramona

My daughter has been on a Beverly Cleary bender, lately. Don't get me wrong, I...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

A Library for the Friendship Room

I went down to The Friendship Room with Rose, to drop off our widow's...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

Watty Piper’s Mechanical Dystopia: Looking Back At “The Little Engine That Could”

There are stories that only improve with age. And then there's Watty Piper's 1930 fable,...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Notes from Notre Dame (Part Three)

I woke up on Saturday morning and stuffed an overpriced Kind bar in my mouth. Then...

June 25, 2017

Notes from Notre Dame (Part Two)

(Yes, I am aware that this image is of the wrong Notre Dame.) I woke...

June 14, 2017

The Handmaid’s Tale: A Work of Empathy

What is it about The Handmaid's Tale that I find so engaging?

May 2017

May 08, 2017

An Eastern Orthodox Reviews “The Benedict Option”

The only thing worse than watching Tommy Wiseau’s heartbreaking work of staggering genius The Room,...

April 2017

April 04, 2017

A Noise Annoys An Oyster: A Critical Review of Rod Dreher’s Review of Sam Rocha’s Review of The Benedict Option

I have never in my life seen a review of a book review. I imagine...

January 2017

January 18, 2017

A Testimony Worth Reading: A Review of “You Carried Me”

You Carried Me: A Daughter's Memoir is the memoir of someone who is inconvenient. She...

January 12, 2017

Where Angels Fear to Tread: A Review of “Where Angels Walk”

I just got done with the 25th anniversary edition of Joan Wester Anderson's Where Angels...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

I Can No Longer Bear The Berenstains

Somewhere along the line, I bought into the escapist fantasy that a large number of...

December 14, 2016

A Christmas List of Nope

The lovely and talented Simcha Fisher has published a list of things she doesn't appreciate...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

I’m Going To Write A Dystopian Novel

(image via Pixabay) I'm going to write a dystopian science fiction novel for teens. Or rather, I'm...

September 2016

September 23, 2016

Huffle-puffle-buffal-uffle

(image via Pixabay) I took the Pottermore Patronus quiz. I should mention that I'm not...

September 13, 2016

A Story at Bedtime: The Adventures of Basil Fet Frumos

It was bedtime. I dread bedtime. Most parents do. Bedtime is the time of day...

August 2016

August 27, 2016

A Plethora of Picture Books

(image via Pixabay) I have a terrible confession to make. I don't really like reading...

August 12, 2016

Yochabelle Is Trapped Between The Blocks!

(Image: Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.) My husband...

August 12, 2016

Happy Eleventy-First Birthday, Hans Urs von Balthasar!

(image via Pixabay) So I learned a few minutes ago that it is the 111th...

August 06, 2016

Epic Psychosis: Reviews of Brandon Sanderson’s “Mitosis” and “Firefight”

If you read my take on Steelheart you will know that I found the book gripping, even...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Dystopia of The Super-Heroes: A Review Of Brandon Sanderson’s “Steelheart”

Mary and I have been thinking about adding reviews of new and recent fiction on...

July 27, 2016

Mark Shea Wants You to Read This Book

Namely, Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark. You can read Mr. Shea's endorsement here. Mark's a great...

July 21, 2016

Who Are They/We/Us? : A Review of Shalom Goldman’s Jewish–Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity

(This review is a contribution to the Patheos Book Club.) I read Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity:...

July 21, 2016

Vote Your Conscience?

When I was a little girl, I did not like the book Heidi very much....