Dear Everyone At Church Yesterday
Yes, this Sunday I brought all four kids to Mass without my Patient Husband there. Dear Sir who sat right in front of me: There were a hundred empty seats in the church. So why did you feel the pressing…
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Monthly Archive: January 2011
post-Communion hymn: Tubthumping
No, really. The scene: daily Mass. Total population is between thirty and forty people, most of them women age fifty and older. Another woman and I bring our children with us, and by coincidence, the children were born within weeks…
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Seal of Approval!
Guess what The Boys Upstairs won? Yes, it’s the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval! From their own documentation, The CWG Seal of Approval is our program for helping evaluate the Catholicity of a book. It’s a gatekeeping tool for…
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Dueling violin
The universe does not want me to play my violin. If you heard me play my violin, you would understand why such a thing might come about. Last year, one of my New Year’s resolutions was that small animals should…
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Father Jay guest-blogs at MuseItUp
Over at the MuseItUp blog, Father Jay (main character of The Boys Upstiars) is guest-blogging about peeling potatoes and stealing cable. There’s also an excerpt I haven’t shown before, so why not go check it out?
I hope I don’t die before…
Someone I know stated that she hoped she didn’t die before publishing a book. I replied that I used to feel that way myself. Nowadays, I hope I don’t die before I finish raising my children. She believed I’d chided…
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Angels and trash cans
Starting last Thursday, the entire Philangelus family got sick, all in a row from youngest to oldest. I’ll spare you the details because every family is sick the same way. On Monday, with my Patient Husband the last to succumb…
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Sweet tea for a sweetie
I’ve discovered something going on in my own home, among my own children, which I’d never realized. A lesson that is shocking and which I certainly didn’t realize I was imparting to my children. Tea is what you drink when…
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faceless cash-generating machines
As a rule I don’t pay attention to company logos. Madison Avenue will say they’re more powerful that way because they work their way into your unconscious by use of symbols you don’t really pay attention to. And that’s why…
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Sailboat through time
While searching for a tiny piece of hardware last spotted on either the book shelf or the piano, I moved the couch. Never, never move the couch. My experience with moving couches usually consists of finding at least two hundred…
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