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At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, I looked for books to read in this upcoming 2024. I put a little extra effort into finding murder mysteries by older Catholic authors for my personal list, thinking it might help my writing. (It hasn't so far...) For January, I’ve read …The [...]

I read a comment on a blog yesterday. Someone suggested that a tomboy is someone who likes to read books about the virtues that boys like, such as honor, resolve, and steadfastness. My jaw started bouncing on the floor but it took me quite a while to sort out all the reasons why.  I thought [...]

Happy Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception! This link is about lighting street lamps at night in Austin, Texas, many years ago. It reminded me of family stories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiXNsWQzD0 My great great grandfather’s job in Boston after the Civil War, was to light the lamps of the city at night. I don’t actually know how [...]

TL:DR Go find a nice Advent Occupation. I learned to spin originally by watching Youtube videos on how to do it. Knitting the resultant yarn or weaving with it or giving it away for someone else to knit is also a joy. Fundamentally, I like the craft world and have tried a lot of different [...]

For various reasons I'm a little behind this week on my reading. No politics. No religion. How about pictures of things I think are beautiful. And no, not my grandkids, who don't belong on a blog, but who are incredibly beautiful. White iris from my yard. A picture from Iowa that helped inspire a bit [...]