M: I’d really love to. But my aunt is giving a house-warming party that day and I don’t think I can escape it. Q: What is the man going to do on 23rd October? Question No. 16 W: I have a headache and a sore throat. M: The flu is going around. Do you have a fever ...
I have created this blog to share my interest in all forms of stitching, quilting, sewing, knitting, medieval re-enactment and costume making - particularly my love of historical embroidery. I also love travelling,especially when it also involves any o
Finally, this is shameful: How the Catholic Church raised nearly $300M for buildings since promising residential school survivors $25M in 2005 . More on that story here. History: My knowledge of indigenous history is weak. However, I found this helpful: More history: on the Iroquois as well...
Works of Love — This year at St Thomas, I gave each of our kids a poster with a path that has forty squares on it leading to Easter. Each square is blank and at the bottom of the poster is “How did you show God’s love today?” I invited the kids to write in the square ea...
“I tell you, it goes back to my immersion in New York Catholic teaching and Catholic schools in the mid-’50s of the 20th century.” As a sickly kid, Scorsese had nothing else to do but go to school. “My brother did his own things, and the other kids in the street did their ...
Parting Shot: I love it when/I hate it when… Just asmoiselfis reaching the point of no return as I read about my fellow human beings warring against others, their religious fanaticism and persecution of anyone they deem The Other, their polluting of their own habitats and general disregard...
My new rule. I’m never going to have kids when I grow up. Don’t get me wrong, I love the new additions to our family. It was just so much work to do because mom was still trying to recover from the whole ordeal. I know she is glad to be rid of the load because she was...
“Oh, gee, I’d love to, but for the sake of community health, and as per the advice of my ___ (doctor/psychiatrist/pedicurist/Mar-a-Lago online Medical School and Virtual Putting Green website), I’m practicing social distancing. <...
I got knocked on my young Catholic ass. I'd never heardanythingthat exciting before. Now Mrs. Bart wants to see their show atThe Mirage. Click for Info Tonight,Rescue Meis promising a barn burner - I'm going to watch. Keith Olbermann onDaveandLarry Kinghas you-know-who. ...
My mother likes cabbage. I think it’s hideous, but it’s likely that her love of cabbage comes from the fact that her mother lived through the Depression, and cabbages were (and still are) cheap. Cabbages are easy to grow, so if you had enough dirt to plant something in, you could...