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September 2022

September 27, 2022
  Autumn came so fast this year. September is usually a cruel month, tantalizing us...
September 23, 2022
      I saw her again the other day. Mary, the Mother of God....
September 22, 2022
  My cousins found a wall of black obsidian, way out in the middle of...
September 22, 2022
  Adrienne Rose turned eleven today. Eleven years ago, just after seven in the morning,...
September 21, 2022
  Let's talk about toxic family again. I just read a really excellent blog post...
September 20, 2022
I think I may be the only Millennial girl  who never really liked The Little...
September 19, 2022
  We stayed in Columbus two days longer than I'd expected. This wasn't because I...
September 14, 2022
  We went to the downtown library. We're still in Columbus until Friday afternoon, watching...
September 11, 2022
  On the eleventh of September, When ages beyond number had run their course from...
September 09, 2022
I went to run errands with Adrienne. It was the Nativity of the Virgin Mary,...
September 06, 2022
  It's been hard to think about Jesus lately, but I was meditating on Him...
September 05, 2022
  Once, we went to Hershey Park. I think I was about nine that summer....
September 02, 2022
  On Sunday, as you know, I was sick. On Monday and Tuesday, the horrible...
September 01, 2022
  "Grooming" is a word that a certain set of people have become fond of,...
September 01, 2022
  Hey folks, This isn't a real post, this is just me holding out my...
September 01, 2022
It's been a month since the meltdown with my grandmother and aunts. I've been thinking...

August 2022

August 31, 2022
  I hate talking about politics. This is odd, because I got my reputation, insofar...
August 28, 2022
  Just after I got depressed, I got sick. I am sick so much less...
August 28, 2022
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: On a sabbath Jesus went to...
August 25, 2022
  It was the one-year anniversary of my car accident, the only accident I've ever...
August 24, 2022
Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably already know that President Joe Biden...
August 20, 2022
  A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus passed through towns and...
August 19, 2022
It was time for McFluff's monthly bath and manicure. McFluff is the family guinea pig....
August 18, 2022
  I went to the garden to pick peppers. Something yellow and black flitted out...
August 15, 2022
  The first thing that happened when I got home from Columbus was a miracle....
August 14, 2022
On Twitter, the formerly Catholic talking head Joseph Sciambra had something to say about parenting....
August 11, 2022
My veteran readers may recall that I am fond of surveys. I like to have...
August 11, 2022
  On Independence Day, one of the Lost Girls woke up to find that her...
August 08, 2022
All right, a pleasant story this time. I'll tell you about how I ended up...
August 08, 2022
  There's a game I play sometimes, and the name of the game is "eating."...
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