My sister Mary’s birthday was June 10, 1947. She has another birthday now on November 21, 2020, the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lady. I was thinking of her, yesterday, and wondering idly which saints had a feast day on June 10. I knew that June has some amazing saints. A simple saint calendar [...]
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A Jack of all trades …
I am a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to hand crafts. I know how to do lots of different things, like knitting and spinning and weaving and tatting, but I’m not really an expert at any of them. Especially sewing. I’m a very amateur seamstress. But I watched a very brilliant seamstress work when I was [...]
She doesn’t work — my personal soapbox
This makes me gag. I’ve seen a couple of articles about a phenomenon called ‘tradwife on the internet.’ The articles were about women on the internet showing off their stay-at-home lifestyle, who turned out to be monetizing their websites, as they told other people, other women in particular, not to have an outside business. Because, [...]
Super Inside Baseball … so to speak …
I’ve developed some fellow feeling lately with those guys who look at cars and know what model and make they are. Maybe the year. Pontiac Thunderbird, 1972. Mazda Miata. Ford Model A, 1937. DeLorean. Not that I know anything about cars. ** But for the last few months when I go to church and the [...]
My mother’s fudge recipe…
Time for the fudge recipe that was requested during Lent… My mother was allergic to everything. Hence, she did not use milk or cream in her fudge recipe. She also was a very busy woman, taking care of nine children on zero money. So no frills, like constant beating of the fudge to give it [...]
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