... sapped my creativity! Have a picture by one of my favorite artists. [God] has also put his seal upon usand given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. 2 Cor. 1:22
Category: family
Butter is better …
I made some bread last night and then, because my grandchild who is madly allergic to dairy will be in my house briefly, I greased the pans with coconut oil. I've done this in the past and it mostly worked. This time it did NOT work, and when I tried to release the bread from [...]
Traveling …
I'm out floating around... so The Arlington Diocese did a web interview with twelve men who will be ordained on June 7 at Saint Thomas More Cathedral. The interview is up on the diocesan website under the Clergy Assignments 2025 page. I wanted to share a link to the videos it can't be done. If [...]
Mothers and May
My mother was an incredible seamstress. I had no idea how good she was when I was little. She could make a dress in a day, but since no-one else around us seemed to even use a sewing machine, I had no way to process this achievement and compare it to others. I do now. [...]
Brown bread and green vestments – update
Sometime ago I wrote about eating Boston Brown bread as a child, and a recipe I found at a blog called Tasting History. https://www.tastinghistory.com/episodes/bostonbrownbread ** I finally tried making the bread with my own special tweaks. Brown bread is notoriously made in cans, placed in boiling water, for a long time. I wasn’t sure I [...]
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