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The Magna Charta
by James Daugherty This was a well-written...
What If Staring at People While They Sleep Isn’t Necessarily Psychopathic but a Misinterpreted Yearning to See the Sleeper as They Will Look When Perfected?
I share a common interest with psychopaths:...
April 1, 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
Probably How Not to Query a Literary Agent
I wrote a book last summer. I experienced the very rare phenomenon of having all of the stars perfectly align in my life so that I could sit and...
What Virtue Would I Be Known For? A Dialogue Between Husband and Wife
One evening, I sat down across from my husband at the dining room table with a yellow pad and pen. He politely marked his place and put his book...
A Seinfeld Script I wrote in High School
I’d come up with an episode for Seinfeld when I was in high school (which may or may not have been a little over twenty years ago). I vaguely...
Top 10 Reasons Why I am a Blogging Horror Show
When I was young, I dreamed of going into the newspaper business, becoming an ace reporter and eventually, after years of hard work, winding up with...
Giving Up Complaining, an Experiment
I like to listen to Dr. Ray Guarendi’s radio show in the morning when I’m making breakfast and doing dishes. One such morning, he...
The Couch I Loved and a Small death to Self
Sometimes a major spiritual battle in your life is over a couch. Years ago, after finding ourselves drowning in debt, we went on the Dave Ramsey...
I Wish God Sent (Notarized) Singing Telegrams
My husband has a good job. Well, good in the sense that it pays quite a bit of money. But, as sometimes happens with more money, there is more...
In which I answer a burning question on the minds of so many.
“How do you do it?” Is a question I am often asked. Usually they’re referring to my complete inability to frost a cake. But occasionally, they’re...
What does a Catholic home look like? Part 3
I dove right in to my new icon books (Christmas presents from the hubster). They were filled with very cool information. For instance, I...