So much so that I’m not even gonna say anything mean about Putin. Look at this: More details about this image at The Deacon’s Bench. This picture makes me think of of quote attributed to John XXIII: “See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.” Read more
My second grader brought this book home and I admit, I groaned and thought, “Glahhh, another modern twist on an old fairy tale. Oh gosheroodie, I wonder if we will learn that being a princess is all about following your heart and being true to yourself? Or perhaps she will be liberated from patriarchonormative concepts of worth, and end up finding fulfillment in some nontypical career that doesn’t involve pretty dresses?” Well, we didn’t, and she wasn’t! I won’t give... Read more
So here I am this morning, finishing up recording the audiobook which refuses to be finished. I made it in black and white to signify the bleakness within, ho ho. (Actually I was just thinking about not doing such percussive p’s.) Then I went home and made lunch, and then found vinegar, spray bottles, and scrapers and Magic Erasers and got the kids to cleaning the dining room while I made banana bread for the kindergarten, and then I cleaned... Read more
Got this email from Adrienne Pedraza re Creighton education, and my brain is too fried to try to rewrite it into a post, so here you go: I thought I’d reach out to you to see if you know of anyone who would be interested in getting trained in the DC area (or would be willing to give a plug on your blog – feel free to post my email for those interested/those who want more info about the process,... Read more
Wow. Many, many thanks to Garard Nadal for posting this incredibly pro-life short film from Unilever: I do not know what Unilever’s Project Sunlight is about, but man, the clip is lovely, and will do much good. A great companion, as a matter of fact, to this comic illustrating a quote from C.S. Lewis, who died fifty years ago today. (Thanks to Jason Bach for sharing the comic on Facebook!) Hope doesn’t mean you know nothing will go wrong. As... Read more
Hey, I don’t think it’s immoral to shop on the day after Thanksgiving, or even on Thanksgiving itself. It’s depressing that so many people do it, but Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, so. (Yes, I know that the first Thanksgiving feasts in the New World were to thank God. I just mean that it’s not a feast day or a holy day.) Buying a nice present for someone you care about doesn’t mean you’re some kind of hardened consumerist swine.... Read more
and I got to tell it in Catholic Digest. Check it out! Read more
It’s here! It’s here! It’s fina-lully here! The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, THE HONEST TO GOODNESS PRINT EDITION THAT IS ON PAPER IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW. $8.75, very reasonable! I am beyond thrilled to announce that Our Sunday Visitor is my publisher. I am very honored to join their wonderful line-up of authors, and am super excited about their plans for basically paving the inside of every parish in the world with copies of my book. At... Read more
We tilt away. Read more
UPDATE: The $50 prize is now gone! ******************* I posted last week about Arista Pasta’s kickstarter. A lovely Catholic homeschooling family of seven (the co-founder, Benjamin Herreid, is the brother of John Herreid, who designed my book’s cover, and the other brother of Bill Herreid, who is married to my sister!) is selling delectable handmade pasta products made from local, sustainable ingredients at their farmer’s market. They want very much to expand their production, become more self-reliant, and bring... Read more
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