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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 [...]

Want to learn more about Father Emil Kapaun? Father Kapaun was a chaplain during the Korean War. He was taken prisoner while he was helping other wounded Americans. He helped the enlisted soldier/prisoners although he wasn't permitted to be near them. He stole food to help other prisoners stay alive, and invoked Saint Dismas as [...]

I’ve been listening to the Catechism-in-a-Year podcasts from Ascension Press and I feel a bit like sausage. A lot of topics have been covered, and I am stuffed. I have contradictory impulses as we near the end of the year. I am actually about a month behind. There’s always a day here or there when [...]