The Anchoress
Thanks to Bookie: Love your Poo Chi, Read more
Thanks to Bookie: Love your Poo Chi, Read more
“Most probably we are in Eden still. It is only our eyes that have changed.” –G.K. Chesterton, Introduction to The Defendant Somehow Lent always seems to lead me, in one way or another, toward Eden. This year -and coinciding with a Lent that seems to be all about re-appreciating family- I find myself back in Eden thanks to this thoughtful piece about birth control and its effect on vocations, including the vocation to marriage. Writes Fr. Dwight Longenecker: The second... Read more
For those who chide me for not paying enough attention to “unhabited” religious. It’s not my fault. They don’t use social media and blogs as well as the others. But this is a very good video, full of very joyful women! Read more
A sign of the times. Wal-Mart says its own prices on groceries and goods are continuing to fall, which is part of the reason people are spending less there, but it is noteworthy that shoppers are not using their “savings” found in the grocery aisle to buy something else in the toy aisle. They’re actually pocketing the savings and going home. It’s not surprising. The pinch is being felt all-over. Twice in the past two weeks my husband and I... Read more
Because all of his pronouncements are subject to sudden change, President Obama, who decried the use of reconciliation on much smaller matters than this, has decided reconciliation is the perfect vehicle by which to tell the American public to shut up and take what he’s giving them (language warning), and also take command over 17% of the economy. And he’s doing it, all while pretending not to know that America is saying “no.” Is that just Obama taking a stab... Read more
Will be taking occasional retreat days during Lent. This is one of them. Time for prayer and spiritual reading. I like this, from this morning: Are you assailed by temptation of the serpent? Then gaze at the mystical serpent lifted up on Calvery; see there our Lord victorious and triumphant in his bodily death, and the cross will prove a healing remedy. — Saint Augustine Could it be, after all, that within our crosses are all our remedies? My Lectio. Read more
Ed Morrissey is wondering, as I have in the past, when or if the American press will begin to beat its breast over failing to learn from “the lessons of Iraq” when it comes to the Climate Change boondoggle. He wonders if they will ever kick into an grown-up journalistic mode and actually report on the collapse of the Global Warming movement they helped to build and sustain through their unquestioning support of the narrative. In the years after the... Read more
Most Americans think inflation is bad for everyone while unemployment is bad only for the unemployed. In reality, the reverse is more the case – unemployment hurts us all and inflation hurts some but helps others. “Okun’s law” estimates that every 1% increase in the US unemployment rate reduces real output by 2%. That is, the pie we all have to eat shrinks by 2% when 1% of the labor force loses their jobs. Moreover, a study of the social... Read more
A coupla priests sittin’ around talkin.’ Runs the gamut from thought-provoking to challenging, to amusing, to the source of power. Ten solid minutes. I can’t make Corapi’s accent out, though, can you? Via. More yakking: This time it’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan, chatting with the press on the 1 year anniversary of his appointment to New York. Meanwhile, it seems Fr. Dwight and I are similarly inclined in many ways. That’s a nice piece of his, you’ll want to read it.... Read more
Thanks to Reader Dick. Love the recipes, and the videos Pollo Arrosto by Allessandro Ingredients 1 whole chicken 1200 grams (42.32 oz) 2 Rosemary sprigs 2 – 3 Cloves of garlic Extra virgin olive oil Salt and black pepper Place salt, pepper, garlic cloves previously crushed with your hands and the sprig of Rosemary into the cavity of the chicken. Place the chicken in the roasting pan and season on both sides with salt, and black pepper, add 1 clove... Read more
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