I really do love these lazy in-between days of the Christmas season. Even the secular world slows down a bit, to nod to Our King (whether they want to admit it, or not). We’ve been filling our days with cozy fires and friendly board games and a few too many...
Over the years, we have seen that non-toy gifts seem to stand the test of time better than gifts of the plastic toy variety. When kids are given *real* things as gifts, it seems to give them a confidence and sense of ability that toys don’t necessarily give...
I’m over at Catholic Rural Life today, talking about community, food blessings, and bacon! Since the beginning of time, human social interaction, community, has centered around the shared table. Hospitality. We welcome friends to join around the table, toast...
On this Feast of St. John Paul the Great, I’ve been thinking of three of his most famous words. “Be Not Afraid!” Considering that he spoke many, many words and ALL of them were worth hearing, it’s ironic that we can boil it down to these...
Yesterday was….pigalicious. And that doesn’t mean we got to eat a great deal of pork. For the most part, raising pigs is a fun and exciting, albeit strenuous, good time. Yesterday, not so much. We were scheduled to take our biggest hog in to be butchered,...
