Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
I’m supposed to have some kind of profound thoughts about having weathered Hurricane Irene, and instead I just have thoughts. Thoughts about how in what’s supposedly the information age, I feel like I know less than Ma Ingalls did when…
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I had the privilege of reading an advance copy of Mary Lindsey’s Shattered Souls (publication date December 8th but available for pre-order right now.) On her blog tour, she answered one interviewer’s question about what it means to write a…
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Kiddo#3 went to summer camp this week for the first time, and he brought home (for me) a new understanding of how boys his age think. “Fritz has a magic wand,” he told me. Fritz has a different name, too,…
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Kiddo#2 asked me if we have ferns in our yard. Living in the swamp, it’s a good bet we have some of everything growing in our yard, so I told her I’d show her some when we got home. And…
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This comic has been floating around various agents’ and writers’ twitter feeds, and I thought it completely captured the glamorous life of an English major. I had it doubly good, though: I was an English and Religious Studies major. And…
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Yesterday I followed a Twitter link from Janet Reid to a review of Evan Mandery’s new novel Q. She was pleased that it called the work a “delightful New York-infused novel.” The first sentence of the review goes on to…
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Even though Sunday trumped yesterday’s feast of St. Maximilan Kolbe, our priest talked about him during the homily because he darned well felt like it. I love this guy. He’s old, ready to retire, and if he has something good…
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I’ve had to make four (4) trips to a medical-type place in the last three weeks, and if you’re thinking “Surely this place must be ten miles away,” you would be wrong for the first time. Because this place is…
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I haven’t been blogging regularly for a number of reasons I hope to talk about soon, but right now I need to laugh instead. So let’s play a guessing game. I live in the middle of nowhere (“Angelborough” is a…
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Go ahead, faithful readers. Tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about. But it’s my opinion (and opinions are like belly-buttons, everybody has one) that 2012 is the perfect time for a third party to come turn the nation…
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