by Konrad Lorenz My daughter read this book for her high school science class. She so enjoyed the book she told me all...
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Saint Zelie Martin
"Let us carry on bravely."
1 July 2023 – Salmon Ladders (for people), Gnats and Sleepwalking
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
Jesus the Master Electrician
Dr. Tim Gray of the Augustine Institute referred to the Ascension of Our Lord as “completing the circuit.” I thought it an excellent metaphor and it set me to thinking it through...
A Cold, Dead Heart and a Cold-Blooded Icon
I am not an emotional person. In fact, I think I am best described as having a cold, dead heart. A heart of stone would also be apt. I have always been this way. I can’t remember a time when it was not difficult for me to...
Saint Catherine of Siena
St Catherine of Sienna is sainthood-X. She was in it to win it.She was born during the plague epidemic and was child #25! Though many of her siblings didn’t survive to adulthood including her twin.She cut her hair to keep some dude from wanting to marry her and then...
Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
May we all be inspired by Our Lady to let God's will be done. For a reminder of that inspiration to hang about in your house, click here.
Happy Birthday Flannery O’Connor!
May her shouts continue to reverberate throughout the land of the deaf. To have the Hillbilly Thomas hanging out in your home, click here.
Lenten Sacrifices for Those Who Like a Challenge
Lent is coming. It’s a time of prayer, almsgiving and—what it’s probably most known for—fasting. The week preceding Ash Wednesday, a question pops into the heads of...
Happy President Lincoln’s Birthday!
Our sixteenth president: Abraham Lincoln. He's standing in front of the flag as it was during his presidency, un-locking the shackles of slavery and sewing up the United States with thread the color of the blood of its citizens who died to keep it united. If you'd...
Runaway Ralph
by Beverly Cleary I just finished this as a read aloud with my son who hates read alouds. He was completely drawn into the story and even asked me to continue on when our stopping point came at a suspenseful part of the book. He was sad when it was over and wants to...
Trying to Turn and Become Like Children
Part 1: Forgiveness I stopped making dinner and followed the sounds of screaming into the living room where I came upon yet another knock-down drag-out fight between my two youngest who had, apparently, engaged prison rules. There was some question...