No, not another silly search term poem.  My sister Sarah is sharing her gift for analyzing poetry at Long Live the Weeds.  Richard Wilbur (the perfect Real Poet for the easily intimidated) speaks about thaw and refreshing doubt.  Check it out! Read more

Hallie Lord is sharing more excerpts from Style, Sex, and Substance:  10 Catholic Women Consider the Things That Really Matter (and yes, I can finally write out the entire title without having to go back and fix the capitalization). I’m putting all the excerpts here, but you will still want to go to Hallie’s blog, Betty Beguiles, because she is giving away a Kindle Touch! Also, don’t forget to enter my drawing for a copy of the book autographed by... Read more

Eve had freedom of choice. Read more

Oh boy, it’s almost March 1!  That’s the release date for Hallie Lord’s new book, Style, Sex, and Substance:  10 Catholic Women Consider the Things that Really Matter.  Hallie assembled a truly swell group of writers, and also me, for this project (I wrote the chapter on motherhood).  And look, now books have TRAILERS! . You can pre-order the book here, and you can see some excerpts  here,  here, and here. A couple of weeks ago, I gave away one... Read more

What else is there to say? Read more

Print one out for all your heathen friends. Read more

I’m so smart now. Read more

Have I mentioned that our washing machine broke last week?  We finally got a new one yesterday.  There sure is a lot of laundry to do.  It seems like there’s a funny or harrowing story there, but really all that happened was that we went to Home Depot and bought a new washing machine.  The kids were pretty good.  Now we’re getting caught up on laundry. Speaking of dirty laundry, here’s my post for today. Read more

I still don’t buy the argument that married people have no right to complain, because at least they’re not alone.  There’s always someone lower on the totem pole, and I consider kvetching to be a basic human right.  But that doesn’t mean we can’t do better by our single brothers and sisters.  So if you’re a discontented single Catholic, speak now. Read more

Five easy steps. Read more