Yearly Archives: 2013
Puffballs
“What can go wrong?” I asked, “the book says it is safe, and it shows a picture of the thing. Listen! It says right...
The duty to defend
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!’’ But it’s “Saviour of ’is country,’’ when the guns begin to...
Giving up Lent
I remember Lent as a kid. It was basically the longest stretch of time EVER, next to Advent of course. Unlike Advent, Lent was...
Relativism and the meretricious hero
The word altruism is defined as concern for another without regard for injury to oneself. It is used, usually in psychology, to describe heroism—the...
Sexual Revolevolution
While cycling through my blogroll the other day, I ended up being linked to an an article in The Telegraph. It starts out with...
Catholicism in the trenches
Fear not those who argue, but those who dodge. - Dale Carnegie
Consider this for a moment. What if (and I know this sounds crazy)...
Disconnected Harmony
When the biggest of my little brothers read The Hunger Games his main complaint with the story was that it was not realistic. Obviously,...
Lancing the Wound of Sin
“Always remember that God sees everything.” - Padre Pio
My husband used to be a biker—not the Harley kind, but the bicycle kind. He used...
The long distance relationship
In August of 2011, I was having a long, deep, interesting conversation—the type women often do–about my deal breakers for a dating relationship. No...
Of Siberian Exiles and Feistiness
Life is a funny thing, isn't it? We walk around assuming that everyone’s had the same, or similar, experiences as ourselves—growing up in a peaceful home...
