A bread oven is simply a dry hollow pile of mud and straw in which a fire is built. When the fire dies down, the hot mud bakes whatever is put into it, whether...
The Incarnation was made present to the world through Mary. On Christmas, Mary placed Our Lord in an animal feed trough, where he was seen by the local shepherds. One could not go to...
“This way,” he said; “mind the steps by the staircase. This house is more crooked and old-fashioned than you would think from its snobbish exterior. There are quite a lot of odd corners in...
Heating a house with skids has always seemed like a good idea to me, since these are free for the asking at almost every lumber yard or warehouse. Often they are made from some poor...
"Children are a grace that is given to a couple. ... We need signs among us that when we put God first, others second, and ourselves third, that it works."
In the early part of...
I am always trying to forget what I know—and to find what I don’t know. - G. K. Chesterton
When I drive home from work, I have to be careful because sometimes deer cross the...