I’ve been only intermittently interested in this years Weblog Awards. Not that I don’t think they’re fun, and that I don’t appreciate being a finalist (you can vote for me here if you are so inclined), I do, I do! I’ve just been, as I mentioned elsewhere, ridiculously busy and distracted, so much so that I haven’t even been checking in and voting for myself everyday. I haven’t been nagging my husband and kids to vote for me from their... Read more
I was very sad, yesterday, to hear of the death of Peter Boyle, who was such a talented actor in both film and television. The guy could do anything, drama or comedy, but he’ll most likely be remembered for two particularly outstanding comedic turns, as the Monster in “Young Frankenstein” and as the slobby patriarch Frank Barone in “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Looking around the web, yesterday I saw a brief remembrance of Boyle, entitled “Holy Crap,” at Couric & Co.,... Read more
So, I did a stupid thing today and decided I would make “something delicious” for supper instead of the same old, same old. I would fry chicken! Buster, who mostly doesn’t like my cooking unless it’s hamburgers or steak, was thrilled. Stupid, stupid. Now I know why I never make fried chicken. The house reeked of oil. Thank goodness for a fair-weather snap, because I had to open the windows and turn on the ceiling fans to get the ghastly... Read more
In my run-ragged day, I missed mass and morning prayer. Praying Vespers for tonight, I finally realized: It is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. If I were living more of a Mary than a Martha life, I might have realized it. I usually do a silent Advent retreat weekend…missed it this year due to family obligations, and I’m feeling it. Hopefully I’ll snag one, soon. Julie at Happy Catholic has a great post up for the day. And... Read more
I am sorry to keep saying it, but for some reason the email situation in my life is not getting better, so please bear with me if you’ve emailed me. I like to be able to respond to email in appropriate time, and it stresses me out to see so much email going unanswered, but I am trying. There seems to be an increase in bloggers who simply send out links to every piece they write hoping to get linked... Read more
Usually this time of year, I’m big on picking up some new Christmas music, but this year I couldn’t resist treating the house to a new recording by Miss Ella Fitzgerald (Miss Ella, to me – I love her). I chose this one, Pure Ella, The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald and for Buster it was a revelation. I was playing it in one room, wrapping gifts, and just about the time Miss Ella got wailing on You’ll Have To... Read more
A little overcaffeinated, here, as I am rushing. Had a deadline to make (made it) and now must dash off for a meet at Buster’s school, then gotta wash away the grey (dining with the Dear Hubby’s boss tonight – eek!) and ummm…there’s other stuff I have to do… Meanwhile, Beth does a very good job of talking to an atheist about faith Speaking of faith, what do you think about the Christmas trees and the Rabbi? Am I the... Read more
Jumping off from the Hubbel image and the last paragraph of yesterday’s post on the Immaculate Conception, Texan Dilys at Good and Happy has come up with a brilliant graphic: Sadly, I don’t know how to do a “click to enlarge” thingie for you (I wish I could) but Dilys has taken the Hubbel image, and turned it into a yo-yo. The string, taken from here reads: “…in every assent we utter, every stitch we knit, every empty bowl we... Read more
Core of Galaxy as seen by Hubbel I was going to write about today’s excellent feastday when I realized that, I kinda did write about it yesterday, when, in discussing CBS’ Dick Meyer’s most recent, thought-provoking column, I wrote this: We are the “nothing” of stardust – a compilation of vapors and base minerals. Within us resides all of Creation, and the Creator as well. But deep, so very deep, within. A sculptor will tell you that he cannot add... Read more
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