May 1 is supposed to be some Communist deal, but when I was a little girl we had our own little ritual that was supposed to honor Our Lady at the start of her month. On the first day of May, we went out and picked flowers, tucked them into homemade paper cornucopias, and took [...]
I bought this bunch of flowers at the farmer's market, and took a silly picture to share with family. It's a terrible picture because I didn't realize I'd need a better one. For example, on the right you can also see some Lego flowers. Ignore them. But if you look closely you can see that [...]
After all kinds of events, including simply celebrating Easter, I'm trying to return to a normal schedule of exercise. This led me to the entirely motionless activity of finding beautiful pictures of walkways on the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC website. All pictures are in the public domain. I just want to walk into [...]
Of several saints whose feast is March 27, I looked up Saint Rupert as being one I knew the least about. Well, that’s because I’m not Austrian, I guess. He is not some obscure monk, but rather the abbot/archbishop founder of Salzburg. And while we are on the subject, Salz — burg was a city [...]
I've been reading about probate court and trying to find videos to watch so I have some idea what goes on. My new novel has a lot of will problems and it feels very retro. Dorothy Sayers discussed inheritance problems in Unnatural Death. Agatha Christie discussed them in Sad Cypress. Both authors wrote short stories [...]
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