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January 2010

January 18, 2010

Upper Barrakka Gardens…

... for Malta Monday.... the Malta money jar did not meet my goals for this...

January 17, 2010

parental jedis…

... I love my cousin. She & I are proud of our lineage of mental...

January 14, 2010

co-pilot…

source.

January 14, 2010

almost famous…

... my uncle's husband's cousin [I know!] was on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien....

January 14, 2010

everyone has a musical quirk…

... mine is Bhangra music; among other things. Music is such an intense expression of...

January 13, 2010

I took up a new hobby…

... cross stitching! Oh, no she di'nt.

January 13, 2010

I wonder…

... will I ever get the hang of the mass in extraordinary form? More importantly;...

January 12, 2010

i might have a problem…

... an addiction to amazon.com that is. recent purchases include; Collected Stories, Alexander PushkinThe Kappillan...

January 11, 2010

more fun with my gps…

... omg! My gps has this feature that gives your estimated time of arrival calculated...

January 11, 2010

Dear Divine Physician…

... healer of souls and dispenser of my mood stabilizers, ora pro me. h/t The...

January 11, 2010

send me here…

... malta monday.

January 11, 2010

an uspensky church…

... nikolai dubovik

January 10, 2010

as if dating isn’t hard enough…

... I have recently encountered a new phenomenon; I will dub it "Blog Envy". It...

January 10, 2010

and the heavens were opened …

El Greco, the Modena TriptycheBacchiacca Gerard David Annbale Carraccia

January 10, 2010

Dear Person who says all the responses in mass quicker than every one else and really really loudly…

... WHY?! Are you trying to throw everyone else off intentionally or do you just...

January 10, 2010

the Catholic Club…

... true story. While in the hospital this past week my doctor came in the...

January 10, 2010

sadness is…

... removing all the Christmas decorations and the tree and being left with an empty...

January 08, 2010

I am alive…

... not to worry. Thanks to everyone who sent me well wishes and prayers for...

January 06, 2010

epiphany art…

... because I don't expect my feasts to rearrange themselves around me and my convenience....

January 06, 2010

happiness is…

... your girlfriend joining you for a drink while you commiserate over how badly men...

January 06, 2010

sadness is…

... an unstamped passport and a copy of Lonely Planet's Guide to Malta sitting on...

January 05, 2010

tuesday tunes…

... a reader asked who my favorite Beatle was. My answer; none. I am a...

January 05, 2010

russian art with a local twist…

... Nikolai Dubovik, Shrimp Boats in North Carolina.

January 05, 2010

proud moments in parenting…

... when you ask your seven year old son where he wants to have his...

January 05, 2010

I imagine my angels are party people too…

January 05, 2010

readers ask…

what does "Crescat" mean?It's from the proclamation "vivat, crescat, floreat!" which translates into "live, grow,...

January 04, 2010

dear person who marks every post “sacrilegious” …

... why do you even bother reading blog?

January 04, 2010

a new crescat feature…

... due to a lack of creativity. Ask me anything! Sure, why not. I saw...

January 04, 2010

aint no party like a malta party…

... yay! malta monday!

January 03, 2010

reason #2,342,007 why Catholics are cooler…

... we have better men. Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras.