To all who left comments or sent e-mail after my last blog post:
Thank you! You have encouraged me to continue writing Epistles from Echowood. I wish I could offer each of you a real bouquet of flowers, in thanks; but I hope you’ll accept this “virtual bouquet” instead.
What you read on this [...]
Archive for October, 2008
30 Oct
Thank You…
27 Oct
The Fate of This Blog…
Dear Friends,
I was kind of looking forward to the one-year anniversary of my blog (next month). I’ve been working on some things that I wanted to post, including my conversion story, which is finally finished. A year ago today, I received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church. Last night after Mass, I stopped [...]
23 Oct
Pro-Abortion Christianity: An Untenable Position
Dear Friends,
Today after school, I was chatting at the bus stop with a new-ish mom-friend of mine whom I’ll call Miss Blue (for her pretty blue eyes). She’s a wonderfully friendly lady and has been very kind to me my and my children ever since we met. She is also a fallen-away Catholic (fell [...]
22 Oct
Just a Snippet from My Day…
I sent the two littlest boys to the bathroom to wash their hands while I prepared lunch.
Two minutes later, Charlie came running out of there, shouting, “MAAAAMAAAA! Levi’s not washing his hands in a proper fashion!”
You see, they really do listen to us when we say something!
22 Oct
The Last Little Peppers
This past Friday, I picked the last red peppers from the porch garden. We used them in the chicken fajitas we had for dinner before we left on our camping trip.
Being as they were the last, I couldn’t resist taking a picture to commemorate the occasion.
My Levi is an adorable fellow, but when it comes [...]
22 Oct
Recipe: Hot Reuben Dip
I promised this recipe a couple of weeks ago, but then I took my blogging break and didn’t get around to it. I had trouble getting a good photo of it, but below you can see what it looks like when it comes out of the oven.
This recipe comes from a cookbook called Prijatno!, a [...]
21 Oct
About the Family Camp-Out Weekend
Dear Friends,
I’m back! So, I thought I’d tell you a bit about our camp-out. This was for the Cub Scouts family camping weekend, at a campground owned and (sort of) run by the Boy Scouts. I say “sort of run” because nobody seems to actually “run” it—it’s all volunteers, which is nice, but causes [...]
14 Oct
Bit o’ Break
Dear Ones,
(That’s “dear-ones” not “dear 1’s!”)
I always try to be so on-the-ball—getting my Simple Woman’s Daybook posted first thing every Monday.
Well, you may have noticed I totally missed it this week. I’ve got recipes to post, a few new thoughts to share, maybe a picture or two…..but my mind is in another world right now, [...]
9 Oct
Announcement: New Blog Page!
Hi Friends!
You know that saying, “You can tell a lot about a person by the books he reads”?
Well, I just spent a ridiculous amount of time updating my Favorite Books and Authors page (now called “Good Reads”) and creating a new page of non-fiction book recommendations (“Great Resources“).
I hope you’ll check out these pages. You’ll [...]
8 Oct
Blue Skies
In the gray and gloom of yesterday, I was very glad I had taken the time to snap these few shots of the gorgeous blue sky we’d had the day before.
When I emerged from Bible study on Monday, the patch of sky over the church was that rare bluest-blue—so bright it fairly glows, so rich [...]
