We are doing a home school study of Italy.  Each child selected a project, has done research, is writing a report, and is creating a 3D model.      Jake is doing “The Building of the City of Rome.”  He is beginning with Romulus and Remus and going through the sack of Rome…

    We just began Clare on violin.  The teacher, Mr. Michael, is well educated in music theory and is passionate about teaching instruments to all ages–so long as they are grasping the tools about music composition and rhythm, rather than just learning one piece at a time off of sheet music.      I…

In reading the Gospel of Luke straight through (for the first time in too long), I was struck with how vibrant and electrifying Jesus was to those around him. He excited people. I had dulled in my mind his impact on others, thinking his journey through Judea a calm and pleasant affair–people appreciating his healing…

Leah was telling me that Occupy Wallstreet is all about people getting out of Big Business and politics that are beyond them, and taking part in locally owned, locally run organizations, politics, and companies. Like being in a neighborhood association. “Oh, we have a great neighborhood association!” I said, and proceded to tell her all…

Oh, what a joy to be with my sisters–the Jersey cohort, that is! They are celebrating my birthday–quite a bash on the beach! They have showered me with affirmations of my life choices, my gifts, who I am. They have showered me with gifts. They have showered me with laughs, jokes, memories, and just plain…

The Career Placement Services at the University of Dallas complain that the students there are not ambitious. “They are too happy,” one administrator said. Apparently, people who are satisfied in their faith and in their intellects do not pursue lots of money, power or repute. It is a paradox: the most content people can be…

The Chinese apparently say that 43 is a dangerous year. I think, on the whole, that is true. Even at 40, I can see Ron going through life’s changes, and I feel it in myself. But we are choosing our marriage, our family, our future together. We talk about our love and our future. We…

     As I sat in the stone church for the various liturgies during the three-day-long Triduum, I thought, “I am in the marrow of reality.”  The Triduum, stretching from Holy Thursday through the Saturday night Easter Vigil, is the intersection of human, earthly life with heaven.  God’s reality meets humanity in a comprehensive, all-encompassing…

     Time to go “shopping” in the bins in the attic!  When I saw her little tights, and could actually see the seams at the top, we had to take a laughing break before we could get back to our memory work recitations.  (double click on the picture to enlarge)