your worst present EVAR?

For some strange reason, Pansy thinks that maybe 25 DVDs were not the perfect present for Gordon Brown. Obviously she has forgotten that we are in an ECONOMIC CRISIS, and that maybe, just maybe, the President is showing LEADERSHIP by not spending taxpayer dollars on some some frivolous trinket, but instead saving money and at… Continue reading your worst present EVAR?

When vocations suffer, society suffers

Much talk in the Catholic blogosphere about the announcement of an apostolic visitation to religious communities, and of one snippy Sister’s response. For some crazy reason, I can’t help thinking that Sister Snippy’s community hasn’t welcomed any novices in a while. Then there are all the other stories about Sisters of a Certain Age who… Continue reading When vocations suffer, society suffers

Pansy’s baby has arrived…

… all nine pounds, three ounces of him! She can share his “real-life” name later on, if she so wishes. His hobbit name can be Togo or Ponto, if she likes, but to me he will always be Septimus.

The importance of rhythm

“Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more.” — Andy Warhol