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Dumb at Literature

In high school and college, I used to feel so stupid studying literature because I never saw the imagery within it on my own.  When I read...

I Am No Longer Against Fox Hunts

            My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular,...

Fending Off Cougars in the Age of Divorce

            I have a bunch of kids and I homeschool and I pretend to be a writer so I...

How Am I to Love Neighbors Such as These?

            One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in...

Francis and Clare

by Helen Walker Homan             This was an engaging biography on Saint Francis, though not so much on Saint Clare –...

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29 April 2023

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...

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Reading the Bible in a Year

Reading the Bible in a Year

For Realsies This Time I thought I’d try Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year podcast. This is not the first time I’ve tried the ole “Read the...

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Saint Ambrose

Saint Ambrose

December 7 Happy Saint Ambrose day! There's a legend that when Saint Ambrose was a baby, a swarm of bees landed on his face and then left the baby...

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The Mustard Seed

The Mustard Seed

Matthew 13: 31-32, Mark 4: 30-32, Luke 13: 18-19 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?  It...

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