Offering it up – From the other end
Around this time of year, conversations about sacrifice tend to increase, and in Catholic circles, we look that whole business of "offering it up" - that once common phrase and practice, not so...
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I thought I was done taking snow photos
...apparently not. March 1 in Birmingham... Yes, it snowed here last night and well into this morning. Was it predicted? I have no idea- I'd spent Thursday and Friday watching rain storms coming and...
View ArticleTry Not To Laugh. Please.
Well, here we go again. Again.I should probably give a prize to those who have been reading my blogs since 2001 - you certainly deserve it.Yes, that's "blogs." In Between Naps, Open Book, Charlotte Was...
View ArticleYou aren’t going to believe this.
I'm changing blogging gears. Patience please, people. Life changes, right? Here you go - visit early and often, and bring your smart, insightful and sensible comments along...please! ...Read the full...
View ArticleWhat Did You See and Hear?
Many thanks for the kind comments so far. I am a little shaky on my feet here, which surprises me. I am not sure why. I am conscious of trying to strike the right balance. And, in other news that will...
View ArticleBrave Heart?
I don't know about you, but one of effects of childbirth on me was a compulsion to spill the details. All of them.The whole thing was fascinating to me, so of course I assumed everyone else should be...
View ArticleWhy Via Media
How about....because I'm lame and hate thinking up titles to things? No?Okay...how about...St. Benedict? Yes, yes, I know the association with Anglicanism. That wasn't invovled in my purpose in naming...
View ArticleBooks for Lent
No, I'm not going to ask you about your Lenten reading lists...although I might.Not today, though. This post is about giving books to others. For Lent, and a long time after that. You know how it goes...
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Revolutionary Road – Is it just me?
Why am I the only person I know..or even "know" in the Internet sense of "knowing" - who didn't hate it? I didn't love it, either. There was a lot wrong with it. Weak characterization. Miscasting....
View ArticleThere is nothing I shall want
A couple of weeks ago, a memorial Mass for Michael was held here in Birmingham at the Cathedral. The bishop presided and offered a very nice, even charming homily in which he first focused on the...
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