for my brother Tom in Iraq. From his letters, Iraq sounds incredibly depressing. Two Marines on his base shot themselves in the head this week. He naturally sounds a bit freaked out. TIA.
Author: Pansy
Overheard in the Upstate Moss Home
Rosey Posey: No Mom, wait, do go in there. You don’t really want to go in there! Pansy: Stop yes! I do! I haven’t seen Lord of the Rings in a long time. And I want to see it in the living room so I can watch it with surround sound. Rosey Posey: Surround soun-what?… Continue reading Overheard in the Upstate Moss Home
I’m such an ingrate
So now little Septimus is here, I am thankful to God. Thankful for my sweet, sweet boy, and thankful that physically, I feel good. I felt incredibly crappy for the duration of the pregnancy from morning sickness in the beginning to all the body aches and the inability to walk in the end. No more… Continue reading I’m such an ingrate
Peony, is it rhubarb time yet?
It’s been so cold and gloomy here. I’m having daydreams of rhubarb and strawberries and fresh jam…
Gosh Darn how I love a manly Bishop!
This from Bishop Thomas G. Doran of the Rockford, Ill. Diocese: I would ask that you rescind this unfortunate decision and so avoid dishonoring the practicing Catholics of the United States, including those of this Diocese. Failing that, please have the decency to change the name of the University to something like, “The Fighting Irish… Continue reading Gosh Darn how I love a manly Bishop!
Speech by Obama faces Catholic foes in Oklahoma
I just have one question: did his parents know he was going to be a Bishop when they named him Eusebius? HT:American Papist
How Many Women?
Women Deserve Better Sadly, though, reality is that easy access to abortion not only destroys human life, but also threatens to turn “liberated” women and their bodies into objects men can use and discard at whim… …Though Gunther had no ethical objections to abortion, she did not want one. She was coerced into choosing abortion,… Continue reading How Many Women?
This is so cute…
Wee Believer’s My Mass Kit. But $90? Are you kidding me? Do they not get the whole “big Catholic family” thing? Or “frugal Catholic family”? Or “frugal, big, Catholic family in a recession?” Sigh