I’m learning how to do dishes again. It’s not like I had forgotten, because I don’t think any mom could actually forget how to do dishes, although I’ll bet a bunch of us wish we could forget. It’s more like having forgotten the routine of doing dishes. I haven’t had Read more
Now I’m finally a techno-nerd! Amazing! For years , and my kids would claim centuries, I have avoided technology with a passion. I simply don’t like gizmos of any kind whatsoever. Well I guess that’s not completely true, because as a kid I really loved my little handheld transistor radio. Read more
Today’s First Reading was a hoot. It was a hoot in the sense that it got me chuckling because I realize that there’s more than a little bit of Gideon in me. The reading is from Judges 6:11-28a and it’s about the Lord’s call of Gideon. God sends his angel Read more
Fenelon Clan belongs to a parish that has daily Mass at noon rather than in the morning. For years I went to the noon Mass and simply made the break in my day to get there. Eventually, as the kids got older and more involved in their own lives and Read more
Moses died today, in Scripture that is. He actually died thousands of years ago. But in today’s readings at Mass, Moses died and was buried somewhere in Moab. The exact site of his grave is unknown, so no one can even pay respects to his remains. Strange, isn’t it? Upon Read more
A little something to lift your spirits and make you wonder. Some might argue that it’s man’s misuse of resources that is causing species to mutate, OR, one could argue that we should still be marveling at God’s creative ability! http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/sc_afp/asiaenvironmentwildlifewwfhimalayas_20090810104611
I would have hugged her, but I figured I’d probably scare her half to death if I did. Actually, I think I could have scared her all the way to death – she was pretty old. This little old woman, hunched over, dressed all in black from head to toe Read more