Waaaaaaaaaay up in the air. Read more

…posted at Conversion Diary. It’s from one of the letters of St. Francis de Sales: Soon we shall be in eternity and then we shall see how insignificant our worldly preoccupations were and how little it mattered whether some things got done or not; however, right now we rush about as if they were all-important. When we were little children how eagerly we used to gather pieces of broken tile, little sticks, and mud with which to build houses and... Read more

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Today I went to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A friend of mine volunteers there and got me a ticket to go today and see Simon and Garfunkel!! It was a great concert- a little rough since Art was obviously under the weather and unable to sing the whole set – but that in itself led to some very sweet moments of artist-audience interaction and the most tear jerking performance of “Bridge over Troubled Waters”, so I’m not... Read more

We had guests over for dinner tonight. Because one of the guests is fellow blogger Rose’s son, I thought I’d go ahead a share a picture. Besides it lets me show off how nice my dining room looks with it’s new coat of paint. 🙂 Read more

Courtesy of Uncle Donal and the mailman. Read more

…how do you keep diapers on a buttless nudist-wannabe two year old? We’ve tried preventing access to the diaper by dressing him in one piece outfits and overalls…but he’s such a skinny and long kid that he just slides his shoulders out between the overall straps or pulls at the onesie until the crotch unsnaps. So I resorted to duct tape on the diaper, but he’s taken to wiggling out of the diaper, duct tape and all. (Even with me... Read more

If you’d like to join in, just copy and paste these instructions to your own blog (with a link to the blog where you found it, please) and post your list. First, post 10 books which you read on someone else’s recommendation which you just loved. (They don’t have to be particularly influential or best books of all time, just that you really loved reading it). Then post 5 books which you read on someone else’s recommendation which just fell... Read more

Had a funny little discussion on Facebook recently that got me thinking about 1) the books we recommend to others and 2) book memes. My friend seemed to contend that firstly, most recommendations seem to be ill-tailored to the recipient and are thus somewhat pointless, and secondly, that book memes often fall prey to the desire to impress others with our erudition and learning – or at least make a good impression. Naturally, more discussion led to a more nuanced... Read more