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December 2008

December 02, 2008

A typical car ride for hubby and me

Except, if he'd taped me, I'd have killed him. H/T Reader Dick T.

November 2008

November 25, 2008

Blegging a Veggie recipe – UPDATED

My dear MIL is doing Thanksgiving, but I offered to take some of the load...

November 19, 2008

2008 Weblog Awards

Hey! I'm way behind on this! Seems way back on November 3, the 2008 Weblog...

November 18, 2008

Blegging a gift idea…

It's been fun to give folks some ideas for Christmas shopping the last few years,...

November 17, 2008

Notes from the Sandbox

In plowing through my email since coming home, I hit a missive of peculiar malice,...

November 13, 2008

Morning stress test

Sorry so quiet. This post was supposed to show up at 7AM, but I screwed...

November 10, 2008

Are our Ideologies our Idols?

Spent all of today in the company of nurses, cardiologists, and so forth with my...

October 2008

October 28, 2008

On Loving Halloween

I got an email asking whether Christians should celebrate Halloween. What the what? Is this...

October 26, 2008

Cooking day…

Cooking for and entertaining 20 or so people today for a 51st anniversary. The menu...

October 18, 2008

Joe the Plumber conquers the press?

Big family doings through Sunday and part of Monday will have things quiet around here....

October 17, 2008

First soup of autumn!

I wanted to make a creamy, luscious Pumpkin Soup, but since I wanted it so...

October 14, 2008

Cruelest. Email. Ever.

A "devoted reader" name of "Jason" sends me a "fan" email. He says he is...

October 14, 2008

This is no surprise

You Are Mayonnaise You tend to be a very quiet, introverted person. You're happy to...

October 14, 2008

Amen

Most pathetic email in a long time came from someone named Jessup, who was -...

October 11, 2008

Podcast late: Almost burned down house!

I wrote here, that I would be recording a podcast of Vespers in 'about an...

October 10, 2008

Mornings are for Prayer & Study

That's actually a Dominican in the picture, but "ora et labora" is the motto of...

October 09, 2008

The Word Going Forth…

In case you're wondering, the Great Big Continuous Public Bible Read instigated by Pope Benedict...

September 2008

September 27, 2008

In praise of Border Collies

Oh, I want to meet this wonderful-sounding workaholic Border Collie, who rounds up the sheep...

September 22, 2008

Election '08 re-defines everything

My latest piece for Pajamas Media is up. It's entitled, Obama, Palin and the Meaning...

September 21, 2008

Why hearing losses suck

We have a priest in our parish who is from India. He is a kind,...

September 02, 2008

Thank you for your donation…

Someone has very kindly made a donation to the site via the Amazon Honor System...

August 2008

August 28, 2008

Meyer: Americans, feel pride re Obama!

Dick Meyer, writing over at NPR (when we all know he should be out there...

August 20, 2008

My punny son…

As I was listening to this brief podcast of Heather King discussing a recent retreat...

August 18, 2008

Retreat and Lectio

I am not sure what effect, if any, our online retreat from last week had...

August 02, 2008

Some necessary downtime

The DH and I are heading out for a longish weekend away that will involve...

July 2008

July 29, 2008

Email & blogging backup

Arghghg....I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Stop writing to me asking me when I am going to...

July 19, 2008

Perhaps Ed will be my running mate

This drafting has taken me completely by surprise! If nominated, I will not run; if...

June 2008

June 09, 2008

I always did like the Dumb Ox

You scored 10 Materialism and 0 Phenomenology! A common mistake is assuming that "Theism" means...

June 02, 2008

Questions & Comments from the email

From time to time I find similar questions or comments filling the email box and...

May 2008

May 08, 2008

My Soul for a Cup of Coffee – UPDATED

After four days in the house, sleeping nearly continuously thanks to my oxygen-deprived and bleary...