Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade Program

A few months ago I blogged about Catholic Relief Services’ partnership with Equal Exchange, a program that markets fairly traded coffee grown by small farmers. If you’re interested in purchasing this coffee for your home, your rectory, or your parish (think how well it would taste with donuts!), here’s where you can order. On the… Continue reading Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade Program

If I were a Summa Mama…

I’d say something like, “Well shet mah mouth!” But I’m not, so I’ll say something like “Holy Cow!” I just got one of those freebie magazines for nurses in the mail, and what do they have on the front page but a story on Cyclebeads! I know I’ve had hard words for Georgetown in the… Continue reading If I were a Summa Mama…

Is High Fructose Corn Syrup playing a part…

…in the obesity “epidemic?” I’ve thought so for a while. Apparently there are more studies out indicating that HFCS really is not very good for us: Food manufacturers love to use high fructose corn syrup because it’s cheap and sweet. In October 2003, researchers at the University of Michigan concluded that fructose in high levels… Continue reading Is High Fructose Corn Syrup playing a part…

Style Blog

Thanks to Steven for this link to Notes From A Writing Coach. It was interesting to read the author’s critique of a lazy reporter’s error-ridden article about guns. Yesterday, my husband mentioned an article from last week’s Washington Post about the government’s budget for a particular project. The reporter had apparently talked to a liberal… Continue reading Style Blog