the one that had me chuckling, was indeed Jordan‘s! She titled her reading list, “In the Loo: (where else can a busy mom of 3 young kids find a minute to hide and read? lol)”
Author: Peony Moss
the proper response to the DVC
My husband Posco works with someone who apparently thinks quite highly of his own intellect — one of those people who think they’re geniuses because they got 1300 + on the SATs and went to a “good” college. Let’s call him Hooper. Anyway, Posco and Hooper got into a rather wide-ranging conversation, and Hooper (who… Continue reading the proper response to the DVC
A Mother’s Rule of Life by Holly Pierlot
I just finished this book, which supplied a much needed poke in the rear. I’m not sure I’ll be following all of her suggestions — I start getting fidgety and rebellious when I see what to me look like insanely overcomplicated diagrams — but I appreciated the basic reminders about the hierarchy of priorities and… Continue reading A Mother’s Rule of Life by Holly Pierlot
update, including a shameless plug and a public service announcement
I have had a surge of energy this week, and I’m using it to try to catch up on some of the dozens of unfinished projects around the house. My goal is to complete — or at least make progress on — one procrastinated task every day. Part of it is that I am just… Continue reading update, including a shameless plug and a public service announcement
A Childhood Killer Once Vanquished Is Returning
Whooping cough, a disease that killed as many as 10,000 people a year in the pre-vaccine era, is making a dangerous comeback, striking babies before they have had a chance to be fully vaccinated, researchers report today. I will never forget the tiny little girl I saw in a pediatric ICU. She was maybe two… Continue reading A Childhood Killer Once Vanquished Is Returning
I’m so disappointed in Prevention magazine
Alicia and Dawn Eden have both blogged about Prevention’s little screed attacking the growing number of doctors, pharmacists, and other health professionals who, disgusted at the idea of participating in silent abortions, are declining to prescribe, or fill prescriptions for, the Pill. Kevin Miller points out that the Pill is far from being the silver… Continue reading I’m so disappointed in Prevention magazine
TSM Book find
I received a note from a reader wondering if I knew where to locate a copy of Fr William Virtue’s Mother and Infant, a primary text for Catholic AP types. I do not. And now I want a copy too. Any ideas? I suggested asking at the Newman Bookstore; the JPII Institute for Marriage and… Continue reading TSM Book find
The road to hell…
…as we all know, is paved with good intentions. The roads in hell, I have come to believe, resemble the sections of I-70 running through Pennsylvania. We’re back. Have a ton of stuff to do. More later, I hope.