I tried Bill White’s suggestion of addressing the ghosts-and-monsters issue by talking up St Michael. Hambet listened very attentively, and seemed to especially appreciate when I got to “St Michael and his big sword.” He then eagerly interrupted to tell me that when St Michael is done with his sword, he puts it in a… Continue reading The Catechesis of Preschool Boys
Blogkeeping
New homes for: Adjutorum Nostrum + In Nomine Domini Sanctificarnos Welcome to our blogroll: Our Lady’s Gifts Recta Ratio First you had the Sleepy Mommies, then you had the Summa Mamas, and now the Fine Domain brings you the Daddies: Fathers Know Best (what a cute title!)
For our edification and delight….
Mark at Vociferous Yawpings bring usThe Da Vinci Code meets The Inferno. Don’t miss this! Happy birthday in the Church to Jeff Miller and Michelle of And Then?
One More Soul
One thing I never understood about the whole NFP philosophy is the whole “working with God to postpone children” thing. Now I am not arguing that if you use NFP for a “grave” reason as they say, that it is wrong, or anything like that. I am not debating Church teachings. I am just not… Continue reading One More Soul
Garden Journal: raised beds
Already I am so glad we raised the beds in the vegetable garden. It has been gently raining for about 36 hours straight now. We have clay soil with poor drainage, and in the past I would have looked out to my garden and seen it under giant puddles of water. with a few trickles… Continue reading Garden Journal: raised beds
As Usual
I can use some prayers. The past few months my life has been one thing after another, and I suppose from the outside it could be deduced I am a chaos addict or something, but I swear the calmer I try to keep things, the more they explode. I do not know what I am… Continue reading As Usual
Garden Journal
Last Saturday was a busy garden day. It rained in the morning, so I worked on some prep stuff. I am still trying to find the best way to mark off the squares in the garden, and so far I’ve had the best luck with string. Last year the string got all muddy and difficult… Continue reading Garden Journal
Lileks today
Lileks has a great Bleat today on Kerry’s appearance on MTV. Good comments on being a grown-up and giving grown-up answers; a great zinger on the generation gap between people like Kerry, who think that all of American history was preparation for — and then commentary on — the sixties and early seventies, and people… Continue reading Lileks today