The day I’m writing this, my granddaughter has turned a 1/2 year old. As a novice Catholic blogger I feel the innermost need to write about whatever Catholic celebration is being commemorated that day. But what can I say about this particular high holy Catholic day of obligation that has not already been said better by someone more articulate in the skills of the pen and prayer then I? I feel a cloud over my brain blanking out creative ideas... Read more
Why You Should Read The Catholic Bard FEBRUARY 10, 2021 Catholic Bard Easy Access Portal December 26, 2020 An Added Vocation NOVEMBER 26, 2021 All Our Posts So Far…. The Carmelite’s Poetry Is… JULY 20, 2020 ALL Kristin’s First 50 Posts The Catechist’s Theme Song Is… JULY 21, 2020 ALL Mark’s 50 First Posts Catholic Bard History 101 OCTOBER 11, 2020 6 Months of Non-Spam Comments NOVEMBER 10, 2020 The Catholic Bard’s Guide to Patheos Writers JUNE 27, 2020 All the Post pretending to Patheos... Read more
One of the reasons I write this every week is to have a record of events I can look back on later in the year or next year if I’m reading it then. Also I start too many projects and never finish them, so I am motivated to keep doing it. I really have no idea if anyone reads this or not, but if you do you can learn what happen… Last Week In Life: May 3, 2021- May 9,... Read more
229 years ago in 1792 February 20 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. April 2 – The Coinage Act is passed, establishing the United States Mint.[2] April 5 – United States President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States. April 25 Highwayman Nicolas Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine in France. La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. June... Read more
The big day arrived- Mark Steven decided to make his appearance a month early. He was due Feb. 26th. Went to the hospital about 2:30 pm and he arrived at 3:53 PM. His cord was unusual it measured about 4 feet long. Was so surprised to hear that we had a boy. Louise Wilson’s Diary–1/27/71 It was almost a year ago that I put up my first post on the Catholic Bard. It was on Mother’s Day 2020. I chose... Read more
Catholics, Protestants, Wickins, Atheists, Nerds, Geeks, Serious People, Silly People, Republicans, Democrats, Communists All Watch Star Wars. May the Fourth – Thy Geekdom Come So…. To celebrate Star Wars Day, Here are some amusing Star Wars Music and Comedy to amuse your inner nerd that everyone can enjoy, laugh sing and get along together. May the Fourth Be With You. The Mandalorian also reiterates the definition of what true virtuous masculinity really is. With all this talk about toxic masculinity... Read more
Last Week In Life: April 26, 2021 – May 2, 2021 FEAST DAYS ,HOLIDAYS AND LAST WEEK IN HISTORY Mon April 26, 2021 Our Lady of Good Counsel Confederate Memorial Day 1564 – Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of actual birth is unknown). 1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France 1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is... Read more
I am borrowing this from Mark Shea. Hey all you readers and pray-ers and givers and commenters and thinkers and friends and strangers and acquaintances and weisenheimers and brothers and sisters: I like the goodness of you and appreciate your being in my life. I reckon you all gifts from God. I just thought I should say it so you know. Welcome to the Last Week In Life: April 19, 2021 – April 25, 2021 FEAST DAYS ,HOLIDAYS AND... Read more
Back in 1940 actress Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Academy Award for her role as “Mammy” in “Gone With The Wind. The reward for her achievement in cinematic excellence in acting was to sit at the back of the room where the event was hosted while her co-stars sat at the front. Why? Because she was colored and Clark Gable and the rest were white. People could see her on screen with their eyes sitting... Read more
With more and more music released each year, it’s a near-impossible task to keep track of everything that’s coming. From pop to hip-hop to alternative to K-pop to country, the choices made available feel endless — not to mention vinyl, re-releases and collectible editions.-Billboard Music In Still Singing After These Years I highlighted Musical Artists who still have new or repackaged music still hitting digital shelves today in the 2020s (2018 -2021). These are artists from the ’50s through the... Read more
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