All spring and summer I’ve had an unidentified plant growing in my garden. The plant looked a bit like a shasta daisy, I thought, I hoped. However, I took some to my garden club meeting in May and the ladies were adamant — it was not a daisy. So [...]
Archive for September, 2008
A Weed by Another Name
Posted in gardening on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Noon Service to Remember
Posted in Catholicsm, life on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since we’re in the process of converting/returning to the Church, I’ve been trying to get to Mass a couple of times during the week. We’re both very trained to go to church on Sunday, but during the week still feels a little strange. I want it not to feel strange, which it will, [...]
“Once a Catholic . . .”
Posted in Catholicsm, Family on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Once a Catholic, always a Catholic” I used to say. How very true. After 50 years, I’ve returned to the Church. I was raised Catholic from the age of 6 to 12, baptized and made my First Communion. All the things I loved about the Church are still there. [...]
More Bang for the Buck
Posted in Family, life, television on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t watched “The Big Bang Theory” on Monday nights on CBS, please do. It’s on early — 8 PM EDT. It starts its new season this coming Monday. For those of us who especially love and appreciate the beloved nerds in our lives, this program celebrates geekdom (or is it geekhood, [...]
Read On
Posted in books, home, life on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Occasionally I have spells where I want to curl up on the sofa with a huge cup of endless tea, a box of chocolate bonbons, and read, read, read. Forget the laundry, the housework, ignore the dust, pick up only the large pieces of dirt on the carpet, order in delivery food and forget [...]
Good for the Soul
Posted in books, home, life, teaching on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It started with the book shelves in the study, moved on to the book shelves in the back hallway, into the back bedroom and returned to the study in the file cabinets. It was a purge. Thin ‘em out, toss ‘em out, clean ‘em out!
We whittled down the whole shelf of Holy Bibles [...]
