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  • Me? Join a Book Club?

    I thoroughly enjoyed losing my nose in a book as a child and my teenage self was riveted by the ever-thickening world of literary analysis in high school lit class. My college days supplied hefty stacks of all things nursing… Continue reading

    Me? Join a Book Club?
  • “What is White?”

    Traditionally the day when those baptized on Easter laid aside their white Baptismal garments (referred to as albs), I’ve made the executive decision to adhere to the palette of this Sunday in Albis while blending in a shade of fun.… Continue reading

    “What is White?”
  • He Is Risen! (And so is the dough!)

    “I arose and am still with thee, Alleluia!” (Psalm 138:18) A glorious Easter Octave to you, dear friends! A couple crumbs before we get to the bread and butter of today’s post: I have decided that I need little hearts… Continue reading

    He Is Risen! (And so is the dough!)
  • Palms, Paper & Piles of Laundry

    I’m always pleasantly surprised to spy a simple, unintentional thread stitching together the vast menagerie of details that was our life during the week. Currently, this thread was none other than the art of folding. Now, there’s no need to… Continue reading

    Palms, Paper & Piles of Laundry
  • Cead Mile Failte!

    A hundred thousand welcomes to you, dear friend, as always! And a hundred thousand thanks to you for stopping by on this fine day! May the blessings of God and the great apostle of Ireland, St. Patrick, rain down upon… Continue reading

    Cead Mile Failte!
  • Laetare!

    In the days preceding Ash Wednesday, we prudently prepare and devoutly design to accomplish x, y and z in the hopes of atoning for sin, accompanying Our Lord in His Passion and budding forth as a better version of ourselves… Continue reading

    Laetare!
  • Ode to Winter

    Slowed dawn creeps upon frosted pine and pane; Hushed world slumbers ‘neath enshrouded lawn While life above stirs and shovels its brumal way. Hung is the holly, glad tidings flow o’er hill and dale ‘Midst soft flakes swirling in merry… Continue reading

    Ode to Winter
  • To Love & To Be Loved

    {Love} n: unselfishly loyal and unconditionally benevolent concern for others {Love} v: to cherish, to have a tender devotion for To love and to be loved. Oh, what beautiful, powerful capacity lies at the heart of these intrinsic traits of… Continue reading

    To Love & To Be Loved
  • Accepting a Helping Hand

    Exemplary and admirable, the saints can serve as some of our dearest friends. After all, they were people just as human and equally susceptible to every human frailty we know all too well. Beginning in differing times of their lives… Continue reading

    Accepting a Helping Hand
  • Spring Fever?

    A January Dandelion All Nashville is a chill. And everywhere Like desert sand, when the winds blow, There is each moment sifted through the air, A powdered blast of January snow. O! Thoughtless Dandelion, to be misled By a few… Continue reading

    Spring Fever?