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Everywhere I Look, I See Your Face

It was the busiest week of the year. I was helping out at the...

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June 18, 2026

As Life goes On, and Changes

Adrienne and I have such good times together. When I finally gave up on homeschooling,...

January 2026

January 01, 2026

Like a Child in a Library

I took Jimmy's boy to the library. I hadn't planned to take him to...

November 2025

November 09, 2025

When You’re Feeding the Poor this Holiday Season…

I've run out of ways to tell you that what's being done to the...

July 2025

July 25, 2025

I Wanted to Teach a Geography Class

I wanted to teach a children's geography class. This just might be the silliest idea...

August 2024

August 01, 2024

A Concert, An Interview, and Chocolate Milk

I don't even know where to begin. Every single time I write a paragraph about...

May 2024

May 24, 2024

On a Strawberry Afternoon

I figured out how to make strawberry jam. I planted those five little strawberry...

April 2024

April 07, 2024

Notes on the Eclipse (Don’t tell Bishop Strickland)

Hi, kids! It's Professor Mary, here to tell you about the exciting astronomical even that's...

September 2023

September 08, 2023

A Sad Barbie

I went to the Barbie movie. I shouldn't have done that. We didn't have a...

April 2023

April 12, 2023

Of Seed Potatoes and Dandelions

It's been one of those times when nothing goes horribly wrong, but nothing goes just...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

When the World is Returning to Life

She was just one of those people I met, a long time ago, when...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

The Egg Song

All right, a pleasant story this time. I'll tell you about how I ended up...

April 2022

April 27, 2022

A Great Day Out

We went to Pittsburgh. I've been so sick with anxiety it's hard to write about...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

How Playing A Game Can Protect Against Cults

Yesterday, I was talking with my facebook friends about the things I was learning about...

July 2021

July 14, 2021

Driving Miss Rosie

I took the Neighborhood Trolley to the doctor today-- thanks to all my readers...

June 2021

June 05, 2021

The Only Cure for LaBelle

I wish I could tell you everything that goes on in Rosie's dollhouse world. She...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

From the Dead River to the Living River

I walked past the car dealership, the one at the end of LaBelle-- the...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

An Advent Invitation

Hello Friends, Just a couple of notes from Steel Magnificat as we begin Advent...

November 13, 2020

Flying a Kite in Balnibarbi

The citizens of Laputa, according to Gulliver's Travels, lived on a flying island with...

September 2020

September 28, 2020

Small Potatoes

Rose's birthday came and went. We finally gave her the new bike we managed...

September 20, 2020

On a Bright Day

It was a bright day today. It was marvelously sunny, for the first time...

August 2020

August 12, 2020

The Lady of LaBelle

I was at the bus stop with Rosie. Someday, when this is over, I...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Where Everything is Alive

In February, when the whole world appears dead, I think about the place where...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Ohio to the Gulf

I have lived by the Ohio River for over thirteen years. The sources of...

January 19, 2020

In the January Slush

Friday night, I went to bed to the soft kiss of snow against the window....

August 2019

August 05, 2019

No, Video Games Do Not Cause Mass Shootings

I guess it's time for a flashback to the 90s. Politicians are claiming that video...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

The February Escape

I was at that point in February where the uptick in fibromyalgia combines with the...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

A Parade, a Kiss, and a Longing for the Beautiful

Thanksgiving. I've been wanting to write something Thanksgiving-themed all week but I got so...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

What “Boys Will be Boys” Really Means

My friend Lindsay posted a facebook status today that had me jumping out of...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

For John Came Fasting

Rose met a cat. You might remember that I've mentioned LaBelle is haunted with...