Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Review of “The Templars: Knights of Christ” by Regine Pernoud

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The notoriety of the Templars has greatly increased in the current century, due to controversy-stirring portrayals by The History Channel an...

Review of “Sex au Naturel: What it is and Why it’s Good for your Marriage” by Patrick Coffin

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Leave it to a well-informed Catholic to be able to write for 134 pages about sex without being “sexy”. Despite the romantic cover, this boo...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Report of 2010 Memorial Day 5K Run/Walk for the Unborn

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Our first annual Memorial Day 5K Run/Walk for the Unborn was a small success. We had a small group in attendance from our church's pro-...
Friday, June 4, 2010

Where have I been?

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“I’m so thankful for friends like you,” I told my friend over coffee the other morning, “I know I can always come back to you.” When I took ...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Thirteen

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A birthday is always cause for celebration, but some seem so much bigger than others. As we come upon my eldest daughter’s thirteenth birth...
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Monday, May 3, 2010

Perspective

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I finally learned how to keep the scorebook for my children’s softball and baseball games. That is, I got the basics down. My husband expl...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Statistics: Who Needs Them ?

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"A passion for statistics is the earmark of a literate people." - Paul Fisher My newest project is that of calculating statistics ...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Run/Walk for the Unborn Memorial Day Anywhere

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This is a shadow event to raise money for the prolife cause. Register at the website and then organize your own walk or run anywhere at 9 A...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Being the Underdog

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“If you can accept losing, you can't win.” – Vince Lombardi When watching a sports game in which none of our favorite teams are playing,...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

A Natural Woman

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This is a guest post from Kimberly Zook, editor-in-chief at The Motherhood Muse. One commenter will receive a free subscription (see below)...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Under the Boards

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“If you don’t behave,” my Dad said to me sternly but half-jokingly, “We are going to cut your hair short, dress you like a boy, and have you...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy (A Book Review)

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Father Donald H. Calloway, MIC , has written an autobiographical book about his conversion from a drug-addicted teenager with a criminal rec...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Young People's Book of Saints

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The Young People’s Book of Saints by Hugh Ross Williamson is a compilation of 63 saints of the Western Church from the first through the t...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

What I Gave up for Lent: "Feeling Aggravated"

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Kids pulling on both ends of an elephant I gave up “feeling aggravated” for Lent. I had not made up my mind what I was going to do until af...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

17 Again: A Movie Review

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[Spoiler alert.] In " 17 Again ", Zac Efron plays Mike O’Donnell, the once-college-bound athlete with promises of a “free ride” sc...

How to build a raised garden bed

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Yesterday I was so excited to pass by the baseball fields and see green grass. Today the snow is falling again! As much as we have enjoyed...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A Touch of Heaven to Hold Onto

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On Monday morning the three older children returned to school and I took my three-year-old ice skating at our favorite outdoor rink. The out...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

After Midnight

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St Cecelia The kids are convinced that they scheduled the Olympics to coincide with President’s Week winter break, or visa versa, to allow c...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Review of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue: An American Life”

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As one would expect, Sarah Palin ’s book “Going Rogue: An American Life” is political in nature – and yet, regardless of your politics, I t...
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

The World is too Slow for Me

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Girls in a garden Being involved in a sports organization is so exciting when I can contribute my ideas to help make it run better for my ch...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

High Demand

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As the kids continue to grow older and more independent, I have had more time to spend on other projects. While I avoided volunteer work du...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Grace Under Pressure

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I woke up this morning to a migraine headache, something I get a few times a year, usually when a cold front is coming through and smashing ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A Review of “Poet”: Forty Poems by Paul Gerard Dextraze

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Paul Gerard Dextraze has self-published a book of his forty poems. Originally the purpose of his book was to preserve them as a legacy for...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Apple of my Eye

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A Mother And Child In An Interior Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings – Psalms 17:2 One of my very favorit...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

No heat in the middle of winter?

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After our main heating unit broke down twice within three of the coldest days on Long Island this winter, I wondered what a family would do ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Visit at a friend’s house

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Sun and Moon Flowers I park in front of my friend’s historic house and get my things together. My three-year-old is all excited to go to “S...
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