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Monday, April 7, 2025

Thoughts on Books

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If there is anything that characterizes this blog, even up to the title, it is BOOKS.    Books .... .... read aloud to children ,  .... shar...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

St Patrick Octave, and St Joseph Vigil

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  Happy St Patrick's Day, a bit late!     I don't have any shamrock pictures, but here are some daffodil volunteers that have been c...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ash Wednesday -- Lent Archives

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  (This photo was taken on this very day, in 2022 --  Chari and I went on an impromptu trip to the coast together.   It was the beginning of...
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Friday, February 28, 2025

Rooted in the Beginnings

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  Remember Weekends with Chesterton , hosted by Sarah ?    That's what came up on the randomizer today, and it will have to do, since th...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Snow had fallen, snow on snow

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  This is the view outside, this morning.    We got snow, though nowhere near the 6-10 inches anticipated.   Now it is bitterly cold, in the...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

TUAR Reflections

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    The photo is of the road back home from mass at the abbey -- and the sunrise.   I'm still reading through our TUAR archives, and thi...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Annual Winter Rosary Novena 2025 - a bit late

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 I have a few quick things to say today. ------------------------ First and most important : Chari last posted her yearly 54-day Rosary Nove...
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Monday, February 3, 2025

Candlemas

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  THE Angel-lights of Christmas morn,     Which shot across the sky, Away they pass at Candlemas,     They sparkle and they die. Cardinal Jo...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Thankfulness Times Ten in 2025

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  The random post for today is  Thankfulness Times Ten , the January 2012 edition.    For this one, since at the time TUAR had just started,...
Friday, January 24, 2025

Family, Friends and Phone Time

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 I spent most of the morning trying to track down why my disabled son's medical insurance went inactive after only 3 months in our new l...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Silence of Older Mothers in 2012 and 2025

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   ( The picture is of the conifers at the National Park near our house in Oklahoma - they remind me of the trees at the California mountain...
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Saturday, January 18, 2025

January in 2012 and 2025

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   First snow of the year at Heart's Haven Thirteen years ago tomorrow, that is!   This January, looks like Chari's area is getting ...
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Saturday, August 11, 2018

A 2018 Mother's Day Surprise!.....Belated Post

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Looks like I wrote this post below months ago, almost completed, but never published.  Better late then never.  Not going to waste my w...
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Our Annual Summer Rosary Novena, 2018

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Our Annual Summer Rosary Novena  We have been doing this for so long......I have no idea how many years it has been.....at least over 10 y...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

Willa Cather.......Finally

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After all of these years, I have finally started reading a book authored by Willa Cather. Buuuuuuut fiiiiiiirst: Yaaaaaawwwwnnnnnn.  ...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

Annual 54-Day Rosary Novena

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It begins tomorrow!!   Offering it specifically, with Saint Joseoh's intercession, for husbands, marriages and the family. Please join u...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

My Newest Friend: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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Originally written last December......completed today...... "As she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little gir...
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