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Music you should hear: Madeleine Peyroux
I’ve been a Billie Holiday fan for years (I like to tuck a white flower behind my ear from time to time and even have a black and white…
April 5, 2013 -
Death, no more
Last November, my little sister Joscelyne died. She was 28, married with two kids, Justin and Sophia. She loved cooking, baking and singing. She had earned one master’s degree, and…
April 4, 2013 -
Easter Hope.
The Good Shepherd choir at the 10AM mass yesterday. Happy Easter! I hope you had a blessed Triduum. I definitely did. I went to Good Friday service and was moved by…
April 1, 2013 -
Sweet Communion
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” …
March 28, 2013 -
Overcoming the “Dark Knight”
(Source) There’s a scene in The Dark Knight Rises that really gets to me. I mean, when I watched it last summer, I was bawling in the theatre. And no,…
March 22, 2013 -
Inorganic life.
There are sunflowers in a glass vase on the piano in the living room, and hot pink carnations on my desk in the bedroom. I have some white with purple carnations…
March 18, 2013 -
History of Rap, as performed by Jimmy & Justin
While they both have their detractors, I like Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake. So thanks to Joe’s constant tagging me in stuff, I finally got to see their latest rap collaboration.…
March 18, 2013 -
I bind unto myself today.
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and to celebrate, I made the above green frosted brownie cupcakes, a lovely loaf of Irish soda bread (below), and a pitcher of lemon lime punch…
March 18, 2013 -
Declaring God’s Glory through Nature
Daylight Savings Time totally got me this year. Although I’m an early riser by nature, on Sunday, I drowsily awoke to the shock that I had overslept and wouldn’t make…
March 14, 2013 -
That’s right ladies: “saved through childbirth”.
Me in labor with Zoe. I was saved from some pain by that epidural… I always scratched my head (and raised an eyebrow) at I Timothy 2:15. It just seems…
March 12, 2013
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