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Asparagus and Piquillo Pepper Salad
This is really just an assembly dish. Arrange jarred or canned piquillo peppers in a single layer on a plate. Top with steamed asparagus. Top asparagus with some parsley, scallions, capers, anchovies, hard-boiled eggs — all chopped up finely. Serve… Continue reading
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All Souls Day 2018
O Master and Creator of the universe, Lord of life and death, You give our souls being and fill them with blessings: You carry out and transform everything by the work of Your Word, at the time foreordained and according… Continue reading
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Learning to Love the Cross
So many times in the course of my life I have asked for a cross, because I’ve perceived that I wasn’t suffering enough to earn a crown of glory. Sometimes it seems my life is just… too happy or blessed… Continue reading
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Fried Polenta | St. Pope John XXIII
Fried Polenta for St. Pope John XXIII’s feast day. #polenta#stjohnxxiii Continue reading
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Resignation or Not Will Make No Difference At All
Call me vain. I finally finished my site logo this morning, and so far I’ve spent over an hour uploading it and trying to get it to work with my header, but IT.JUST.WON’T. So I’ll have to let it go.… Continue reading
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Q&A: How should we, as atheist parents, talk to our kids about god and religion?
Answering as a Catholic here. 🙂 Even people raised religious have to own their faiths at some point. Every religious person at some point in their life questions why they believe what they believe, and whether they will continue believing,… Continue reading
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Life Begins at Conception
This was a compilation I put together in 2012 for our homeschooling group. —– in case it helps. some references. At the moment when a human sperm penetrates a human ovum, or egg, generally in the upper portion of the… Continue reading
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The Tim Tam Slam
Last week, the 16-year-old and I went to Jungle Jim’s so I can buy ingredients for dishes my brother was requesting, and she picked up a package of (expensive) Tim Tams. (There was a strawberry version at the clearance aisle… Continue reading
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A Character Report Card for Catholic Homeschoolers
We’ve been using this character report card sporadically for a while now. We updated it recently so we can use it with the 9-year-old who needs this kind of guidance and self-monitoring at this time. So I thought I’d share… Continue reading
