I read a article with a different take on Sunday’s reading, where Jesus cures a leper. In this story the leper says to Jesus, “You can cure me if you will.” Jesus says, “I do will.” He cures the leper and, sternly, says not to tell anyone but to go show himself to the priest. [...]
Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!
Happy Birthday to anyone who is having an anniversary today! In honor of such I am providing chocolate recipes. Also, I’m busy running around with family affairs... First, Chocolate Syrup. It’s dead simple and I keep getting it wrong by not paying attention or using an alarm. 1 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder ~+~+~ 1 [...]
The generous gift of a book…
I commented recently on the book The Strange Case of Dr. Couney — How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies by Dawn Raffel. At that point I hadn’t read it, but now, through a generous gift, I have. Read. This. Book. Dr. Martin Couney was mysterious because he changed his name several [...]
Silk or ???
More on that wedding dress. I washed it in Dawn soap and then let it soak in a diluted solution of a commercial product that uses hydrogen peroxide and is not named Oxyclean. This took out a lot of the brown discoloration in the fabric. I was thinking of it as linen at that moment, [...]
State of the Reader: January
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 [...]
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