Yay! I’m back! I’m busy. I’ve reached a new level of parenting, the running around stage. I have found I needed to clone myself on a few occasions. We now have proms, SATs, ACTs, track, wrestling, PeeWee whatever, drama, newspaper, teen drama, orthodontia, ER visits, fundraisers, home schooling…the list goes on and on. No one… Continue reading I Have a New ‘Puter
Peony’s Seven Quick Takes: Staging in Stages edition
1. We are hoping to move locally — looking for a garage and a neighborhood with more kids. So this week I’ve been trying to do some packing; we’re going to put some of our books and furniture in storage so the house shows better. 2. The storage guys are coming tomorrow. Am I ready?… Continue reading Peony’s Seven Quick Takes: Staging in Stages edition
A consecrated soul can only be desecrated
“Priests have a power not of their own, and priests who abandon the priesthood carry with them a volatile power they cannot shed. A consecrated soul cannot be unconsecrated but only desecrated by pride and the guilt of pride. And when a desecrated priest ceases to offer worthy sacrifice, he may start to require sacrifice;… Continue reading A consecrated soul can only be desecrated
Note for next year: Peeps sushi
Peepshi! photo: Robyn Lee, SeriousEats.com
Terri Schiavo
Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo 1963-2005 Dehydrated and starved to death by order of the State of Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit Court
ANGELUS DOMINI NUNCIAVIT MARIAE
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In defense of Corned Beef and Cabbage
The Suburban Banshee comes to the defense of corned beef-and-cabbage against the Authenticity Police — and shares the secret history of Irish cowboys! Who knew? Of course corned beef and cabbage is primarily an American Irish dish. What do you think the Irish were eating in Ireland back in the 1840’s, before they had to… Continue reading In defense of Corned Beef and Cabbage