Are We There Yet?

We found this recipe for a gift mix online a couple years ago and adapted it to use as special Advent cookies. They would make lovely pre-Ch...

Welcome to Davis command central: the white board.  It takes up half of one wall in the kitchen, right by the door to the dining room, and s...

Best pals: Penny, the kitties' "stepmom" snuggling into a corner of the woodpile outside our dining room window this morn...

Today's feast is a special one for me.  Because Bernadette is my middle name, I've always had a particular fondness for anything...

St. Barbara is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers , one of the early martyrs of the Church, famed for her legendary courage, and her unus...

Ben and Michelle This may be the most challenging Christmas for us yet. Oh my stars! Things are tight to begin with, having endured t...

December 2nd:  Feast of St. Bibiana Bibiana suffered in the Christian persecution supervised by the Roman governor, Apronianus, under Empe...

December 1st -- The Feast of St. Andrew * St. Andrew could well be called the thoughtful Apostle.  Judging by the accounts of him in the G...

  Gabe:  "Seeing how you have rabbit fur trim on your coat there, I guess you won't mind me telling you that our dog, Penny, c...

If you google "gingerbread" looking for a recipe, the first umpteen dozen hits will be recipes for gingerbread men or gingerbre...

Friday, November 21st Dedicating Our Children It is traditional belief that St. Anne and St. Joachim dedicated their only daughter, ...