Take 1: Catholic Haiku on Poetry FridayFor Poetry Friday this week, I just can’t help but share the winner from the Catholic Living Haiku contest:It’s ironic thatIn getting seven to churchI need ConfessionIt’s worth...
Read MoreOn Fridays, I find myself torn. On the one hand, there’s the new Quick Takes Party that Jen hosts (and which I have been ever-so-rude in not including a link to in my last few Random Thoughts posts – my apologies!)....
Read MoreTomorrow is the Big Game, when my beloved Buckeyes battle that Team From Up North.And though I’m mentioning it here, I don’t really care this year. (Hush, you who would take away my diploma!) Wait, let me clarify: I...
Read MoreThis morning I have a fascination with wood. It stems from the quietly efficient wood stove in the corner of our middle room. When the weather gets really cold, it’s a demanding part of our lives, and our schedules hinge...
Read MoreToday is the classic early fall day here in our corner of the Midwest…blue sky, with just a hint of some clouds, a breeze that’s not-quite-warm asking me to hang out laundry, and a field of corn, ready to be picked,...
Read MoreI wasn’t going to participate in Poetry Friday today. I mean, I have a bajillion other things that need done, a cooing-not-for-much-longer baby upstairs, and, well, you get the idea.But then, as I was finishing up some...
Read MoreThere have been a few times in my life when I have felt worthless. I have felt despised and have despised myself.It is at those times – most recently after the birth of my youngest daughter – that I appreciate things...
Read MoreWell, I might be on vacation, but there is always time for Poetry Friday. (Alternate translation: we’re back from the beach, the kids are a bit, um, grumpy, and I’m escaping to the cool serenity of Poetry...
Read MoreI’m not so fond of spiders (or of most of the creepy-crawlies in God’s great creation and my old farmhouse). Even so, I have a grudging admiration for their talents.I may scream and jump and insist on total...
Read MoreIt’s Friday.And at 9:19 PM, coming downstairs after a brief tussle and quick surrender to Daddy for The Sleepless One’s bedtime, I realized that Friday=Poetry.EEEEEEP!Poetry Friday has been such an enjoyable part of...
Read MoreWelcome to this week’s Poetry Friday!I’ll be updating throughout the day, so leave your URL in the comments and I’ll be updating this post.Keep checking back, as I’m planning to update at least three more...
Read MoreIt’s my final installment of Behold Your Mother for Poetry Friday in honor of May’s celebration of Mary (the others are here, here and here). This week’s selection is apt for our Friday reflections on the...
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