So I didn’t start blogging again. Ah well. I had a two-three day burst of opinionated irritation at the world after the US Election and then it wore off. 🙂 I can’t quite seem to sustain a head of steam anymore – I don’t have the same capacity for righteous indignation I once did, probably because experience has taught me that most people are just, well, people. Trying to get along through life, trying to do what makes sense or... Read more

I commit, here and now, to never typing, speaking, or repeating the name of the CT killer, regardless of the coverage the media gives this tragedy. Let his name die from the face of the earth, and deny him and all who would act like him the infamy they so desire. Anyone with me? Feel free to c/p. I’m sick of feeding the twisted machine that creates these monsters. Update: A friend objected to my post out of concern that it dehumanizes... Read more

I realized that this never made it on to the blog, although I posted it on Facebook a month or so ago. It seems relevant, given my last post, so I’m putting it here. “I think I’ve posted this before, but I’m realizing more and more that it is the basic ethical principle underlying my basic approach to life: In any conflict between the rights or needs of two persons, the strong should give way to the weak (given proportionality), in... Read more

ACOG rejects the ethic that autonomy is a fundamental human right I’m posting this because it actually highlights a mentality found among birth activists that I find disturbing. This mentality rests the whole of the ‘choice in birth’ movement on a ‘right to bodily autonomy’. The argument ties birth choice to abortion rights, by extending to woman a ‘right’ to determine what happens to her body regardless of the existence or effect on any child residing within her womb (or... Read more

Something that really struck me during the US campaign season is how little credit each ‘side’ is willing to give the people on the other ‘side’. You see a lot of assumptions about motivation, intelligence, compassion, goals, and a tendency to only engage the worst arguments and examples of the other ‘side’, rather than the best. One of the effects of the new media and increased fracturing of american culture is that we are often unaware of just how different the world,... Read more

I feel like I’ve been incubating for the past year. But I think I might have some things to say now, and need a place to say them in – somewhere a little less fleeting than facebook. So perhaps I’ll be posting more often. We’ll see. 🙂 Read more

My Dad, with The Princess Dad on the left, my Opa (maternal grandfather) on the right, with a friend in the middle. They are talking about gardening, natch. 🙂 My husband entertaining The Princess. He was visiting us this past week and  she wasn’t the least bit shy. Handsome with Sweet Pea and The Bug, reading stories the last night of his visit. Read more

Psalm 25:4-5 New International Version (NIV) 4 Show me your ways, Lord,    teach me your paths. A)”>5 Guide me in your truth B)”>and teach me,    for you are God my Savior, C)”>    and my hope is in you D)”>all day long. Read more

An excerpt from Bad Catholic Marc Barnes: For all those who understandably don’t like Bible quotes, I’ll put it simply. If Bob has an infinite number of blocks, can you own a block that is not Bob’s? Of course not, for then Bob would have infinity minus 1 block, which is no infinity at all.In the same way, if Christ suffers infinitely, can you experience any personal suffering that is not Christ’s? Of course not. For then the action of... Read more

…this Orthodox blogger says it for me (lengthy quote ahead but please do read it all): “When my gay friend asked me whether I was required to hate her, I told her no. She asked me why. I told her it’s because, even though I see homosexual activity (though not identity) as sinful, I believed my own sins were far worse than hers. It’s true. I really do. And I am (by choice) bound by my faith commitments to believe... Read more