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Book Review: Babbitt

by: Sinclair Lewis Babbit was written in the 1920s by Sinclair Lewis who was a socialist.  Normally, a socialist's commentary on American culture from the 1920s wouldn't interest me, but this book is part of the literature curriculum of a Catholic homeschool I...

The Children’s Mass

            There were a lot of babies and children at Mass.  Their sounds filled the air.  There was crying, laughing, burbling, shouting, loud whispering and the pitter-patter of little feet running to the bathroom or escaping the pew and running from their...

Book Review: Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley             This was another book on Joseph Pearce’s "100 Works of Literature Every Catholic Should Read" list.  In the beginning, it felt a bit melodramatic, particularly the male characters and especially Victor Frankenstein.  I kept thinking someone...

Mainstreaming Raw Dog

(Mom and Dad, if you read this, I forbid you from Googling that phrase! Trust me, you don't want to know.)             My husband has a whole pre-workout routine that involves taking his pre-workout drink,...
The Children’s Mass

The Children’s Mass

            There were a lot of babies and children at Mass.  Their sounds filled the air.  There was crying,...

Book Review: The Way of the Cross

Book Review: The Way of the Cross

by: Caryll Houselander             This probably goes without saying, but this was an excellent book to read for Lent.  There is an overview of the Via Crucis and then a chapter dedicated to each...

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Book Review: Happy Are You Poor 

Book Review: Happy Are You Poor 

by Thomas Dubay I follow a Franciscan monk who recommended this book.  He said he found it particularly challenging.  It intrigued me that a man who has given up everything to live a life in service of God found a book on spiritual poverty...

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Book Review: Utopia

Book Review: Utopia

by Thomas More             I wasn’t sure what to expect when reading this book.  I’d read it was a satire and then the guy who wrote the introduction to the version I was reading insisted it wasn’t...

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