Author: Peony Moss

Technical difficulty For some reason, Blogger doesn’t seem to be posting our user names. I’ve checked our template and the field is still where it’s supposed to be. I don’t know how to fix it. I am perplexed. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Maybe our readers could look at this as a fun guessing game,… Continue reading Technical difficulty For some reason,

Two Sleepy Mommies Two HMS Blog Vichy Fan-girls I see over at Heart, Mind, Strength, etc, they are welcoming a new contributor today and expecting two more to join next week. Pretty soon, we’ll be the only people who won’t be blogging for them. But then again, we link to them so often, are we… Continue reading Two Sleepy Mommies Two HMS

How do you say “let’s get a grip” in French? I am not really feeling personally offended or marginalized by this “boycott France” fad, although if someone still wants to send me a big pile of money, that would be okay. That being said, I don’t like it. During the First World War, some Americans… Continue reading How do you say “let’s

New to our blogroll Flos Carmeli Someday I hope to read more of the writings of the great Saints of Carmel. But I have the feeling St Teresa would say something like, “Little daughter, imitate Therese and get the darn laundry done!” UPDATE: Today Mr. Riddle posts St Josemaria’s Seventeen Evidences of a Lack of… Continue reading New to our blogroll Flos

On the tarot quiz Shelly notes that there’s nothing inherently sinful about the tarot quiz. I know I mentioned over at Karen’s that I was going to sit this quiz out, but I just want to clarify a little bit. Drinking coffee is licit, and some people are able to drink coffee without any problems.… Continue reading On the tarot quiz Shelly

I am a victim. As the descendant of German-speaking immigrants, I am personally offended by the rise in France-bashing. This intolerant attack on all things French is reminiscent of the national hysteria over all things German during the First World War, when frankfurters were renamed “liberty dogs,” places with German-derived names got new, more “patriotic”… Continue reading I am a victim. As

Back to the routine Weekends should be longer, especially birthday weekends. The birthday on Saturday was pretty quiet. I had hoped we could go to the zoo, but the weather was cold, rainy and nasty, so we just went to Home Depot. But that was a still a thrill for Hambet — he likes “riding”… Continue reading Back to the routine Weekends