For their short pithy brilliant whimsical way of saying things, I love to collect Twitter and other Quality Quintessential quips, quotes, questions, musings and maxims from the furthest reaches of the internet to the obscure book hidden in the dusty corner of some long forgotten book store and save them for a rainy day post. I just might need some wonderful wordful beauty to express a sentiment or idea in what I’m writing so I created this particular post with... Read more
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in awhile. You could miss it. At the start of Holy Week 2022, here are some writings and a few Youtube Videos that have come out recently. Perhaps your looking at this post after Lent. Ok. Here is what was happening in the world. Because most videos I listed here are most likely planned out before the cameras roll and the editing begins they are apart of who... Read more
Companions on the Journey Holy Week 2022 The day before Palm Sunday, a few years back, I was in the confessional feeling the weight of my sins and just exhausted from the demands of young motherhood with three little ones under the age of five. I think the priest could hear the weariness in my voice, because he reminded me, “The Resurrection is almost here. During the next week, you get to walk with Our Lord to Easter. You’re in... Read more
Honestly. I think Will Smith is still a class act. He messed up. Rather Big. And he was properly punished for it. He is barred from attending the Academy Awards for the next 10 years. The Fresh Prince said of this ban “”I accept and respect the Academy’s decision.” But I can’t help but think that this incident could have been avoided. If only he had listened to Benedict Cumberbatch’s prophetic vision he might in due time recieve his next... Read more
A conversation about a common Catholic practice and the meaning behind it. Steve the Questioner: Just a friendly reminder to all Latin Rite Catholics that if you deliberately eat a single bite of meat today and don’t repent of such an egregious act, the Church teaches you’ll burn in hell for all eternity, because proportionate justice doesn’t exist for God. Seems fair. Peaceful Emily It’s not the eating of meat itself that damns you but the “non serviam” attitude it... Read more
Yesterday marked 6 months of living in RI after moving there from Massachusetts where my wife and I had been living for the last 12 years. I wanted to write a reflection post about it. I wanted my wife to write something about it. But we didn’t. I then got to thinking this question. What type(of )writer are you? I think that depends on what type (of) reader you are. That question reminds me of this quote. “If you don’t... Read more
Several things continue to dominate the news and our lives. These are the things that writers of all shapes and sizes are Writing Right Now The Ukrainian Situation Continues The war in Ukraine is still underway. As a possible ceasefire is maybe going to happen, these war crimes definitely did happen. At a mass grave in Bucha, Ukraine, the horrors of Putin’s invasion are increasingly coming to light (msn.com) As Russian forces retreat from the area around Kyiv, the horrors... Read more
For their short pithy brilliant whimsical way of saying things, I love to collect Twitter and other Quality Quintessential quips, quotes, questions, musings and maxims from the furthest reaches of the internet to the obscure book hidden in the dusty corner of some long forgotten book store and save them for a rainy day post. I just might need some wonderful wordful beauty to express a sentiment or idea in what I’m writing so I created this particular post with... Read more
For their short pithy brilliant whimsical way of saying things, I love to collect Twitter and other Quality Quintessential quips, quotes, questions, musings and maxims from the furthest reaches of the internet to the obscure book hidden in the dusty corner of some long forgotten book store and save them for a rainy day post. I just might need some wonderful wordful beauty to express a sentiment or idea in what I’m writing so I created this particular post with... Read more
For their short pithy brilliant whimsical way of saying things, I love to collect Twitter and other Quality Quintessential quips, quotes, questions, musings and maxims from the furthest reaches of the internet to the obscure book hidden in the dusty corner of some long forgotten book store and save them for a rainy day post. I just might need some wonderful wordful beauty to express a sentiment or idea in what I’m writing so I created this particular post with... Read more
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