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A Child's Calendar November by John Updike The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard...

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" Yuyum" (almost 2 now!) has taken, just in the last two or three days, to manipulating and organizing, in the most unusual ways. ...

While we can, anyway... The weather has been so glorious, and it's been a pleasure to visit cemeteries and pray for the souls so far dur...

41) Old house "charm" is not all it's cracked up to be. (This snuck in by my wonderful husband in the midst of caulking up cra...

We went on a beautiful fall drive today while our house was supposed to be in the midst of a buyer's inspection. (Don't even get ...

Here are a couple shots of our All Saints' Day party decorations and goodies. First we changed out our fall tablecloth for a blue one an...

Let's get out there and and be heroes to the Souls in Purgatory! They, in turn, will pray for us here in the Church Militant. There is n...

Visiting cemeteries is an eternal work of mercy, and makes for wonderful field trips with our children. Not only does it bring uppermost to ...

Isn't it a wonderful thing to think about the fact that we very well may have relatives and friends that have already made it to Heaven...

Matilda has some great links today for All Saints and All Souls Day parties and decorations! Colleen is hosting a Loveliness of Leaves fair...

I refuse to look at the clock to see. I know what the cause of this bout of insomnia is, though. I totally jinxed myself by poking my h...

So, I guess I'll have to show my true colors... I'm a Halloween Grinch. You know the kind; the ones that are out to spoil everyone...

Is anyone having trouble loading this blog? I'm hearing that it's taking all kinds of time to upload for some people, and that it ma...

The broad shoulders of the Rocky Mountains are slumped a little this morning. And the purple glow of the season is fading like the sunset go...

The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI during the horrors of World War I, to serve as a reminder to all mankind of th...

Our House Selling Saga... Meg, over at Life in a Nutshell has it pegged. The realtor we have right now is a family friend, so we really do...

31) You haven't succeeded in preparing the house for important company (or a showing when you're selling), until you've broken a...

Focus on Jonathan Charles Top photo : Jon on far right, during sing-along night with...