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August 10, 2010

Love Has Limits, Now?

In E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel, a novel loosely based on trial and...

August 09, 2010

Receiving Communion at Age 6?

Horrible Little Girl on a Great Day, Age 6 There is a question being bandied...

July 2010

July 07, 2010

Listen to Lizzie

I don't know why you should; no one else does, and I've admitted to God...

June 2010

June 10, 2010

The View Before My Eyes

Last minute plans for a getaway, in the general vicinity of Colonial Williamsburg. We are...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

Cough, cough

So, I thought I was much better and went about my normal routine. Now, I...

May 20, 2010

Draw Mohammed? No, but…

I know today was declared, "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" on the interwebz, but the notion...

May 19, 2010

My Biggest Fan

Few people in my family (and almost none of my friends) read my blog; I...

May 19, 2010

Asking the Age-Old Question -UPDATE

Reader Brian J, who has supplied this site with mock movie posters and fun graphics...

April 2010

April 08, 2010

Re-recorded the "Treasury" Podcasts

Because the originals seemed to be set at too low a volume, I just got...

March 2010

March 17, 2010

The best thing about being a writer…UPDATED

...it gives you an excuse to have a pretty notebook like this one in your...

January 2010

January 13, 2010

Old and New On the Square's

"On the Square" is, of course, the featured daily article of First Things Online, and...

January 03, 2010

Lord, Don't Trust Lizzie! UPDATED

When writing about nuns on sleds, I happened to mention that my randomly-pulled patron saint...

January 02, 2010

My best blog post of 2009?

Glenn Reynolds notes that some bloggers are re-running what they feel are their "best" blogposts...

December 2009

December 30, 2009

What are your New Year Resolutions? UPDATED

In the comments section, Dry Valleys (a lovable resident lefty who admits he doesn't know...

November 2009

November 02, 2009

Why I am not a novelist…

Over at Twitter, Kim Priestap wrote: The bad news: my 4 year old daughter has...

October 2009

October 15, 2009

My Husband: An Appreciation

I wrote this in April of '08 about my husband, but every word is still...

October 15, 2009

Happy Birthday to me!

October is my birthday month and I am 51. It is also our Wedding Anniversary...

September 2009

September 08, 2009

You really can get anything at Amazon!

While looking at my Amazon reports this morning, I note that someone bought this, and...

September 04, 2009

Clearing out the tab

I've got some deadlines to meet and a project I'd like to get started, so...

September 03, 2009

The Leadership Void; we need St. Benedict

Deacon Greg sent this my way, noting, "this is extraordinary, and the piece mentions you,...

September 01, 2009

A "defining post"

Over at Conversion Diary, Jen is asking bloggers to tell what they think is their...

August 2009

August 24, 2009

Nibbling at News & Adoring

Did I happen to mention that things are absurdly busy around here? I'm having a...

August 17, 2009

Everything is different!

Hi folks, back from retreat, and I have a lot to share - highs and...

August 06, 2009

Hello, Aquinas…& More!

Some readers may have noticed the sky-blue box in the righthand sidebar (just above the...

July 2009

July 29, 2009

My Late Lunch

Yesterday morning I just couldn't bear to sit here and read any more news, so...

July 17, 2009

This may be the day…my new laptop! UPDATED

Another day beset with trials from this clunky, slow, old computer, and I think this...

June 2009

June 27, 2009

Reclaiming a Holy Thing from the Dogs

So, a during the Carrie Prejean/Prop 8 kerfluffle, I wrote this: "...if you’re going to...

June 18, 2009

I have the greatest readers on the net

Last week, at the request of a reader, I re-posted this post about John Quincy...

June 18, 2009

In 5, 4, 3..

Just a quick heads up if you're in the area of Louisville, Kentucky, I'm scheduled...

June 10, 2009

Thank you for shopping Amazon

Once again, I want to say thanks to all of you who enter Amazon via...