The Repentant St. Mary Magdalene, Domenico Feti I'm having difficulty writing, and I know it's because my brain is dead. The experiment is this: I'd used social media casually while holding a full-time teaching job. Summer came, and it's all I did. Wake up in the morning and check. Make breakfast in the morning and…
The Holy Spirit, speaking by all the Saints, and our blessed Lord Himself assure us that a devout life is a lovely, a pleasant, and a happy life. - St. Francis de Sales
On the importance of prayer before you do anything
It's summer, so I've been a late riser these past couple of days. These past couple of days. Earlier in the summer, I gave myself a 7a wake-up time to make breakfast & see my older children off, but something happened. After my wake-up, I began retreating back into my bedroom to catch an additional…
Just a mess, really.. On my Catholic productivity..
My soul will be in ruins, lest I leave God's imprint on the world.. I guess I'll document what a wreck my summer was, thanks to Twitter. Ah, what for. I'm a sourpuss right now because I have to go back to work. I'm being a horrible child, just pouting and stomping my feet and…
Junk Post to Get Back Into Writing #1
This is what happens when you don't write everyday. It's obvious - it's hard to get started, so I'll just flip it and give a brief explanation as top what happens when you DO write everyday. #1. Thinking. Thoughts beget more thoughts. First, you notice you have thoughts. You start to organize them, and that…
Catholic Twitter Rules #2 & #3 – Entry #3
Weeks ago, when summer started and I had all the free time in the world, I logged onto my twitter account after a looong hiatus. My mother died on January 16. That week, nothing, absolutely nothing mattered to me, save my family. No books, no phone, no internet, nothing. It was a great injury because…
Why Catholics Should Write – Entry #2
Saint Jerome Writing, Caravaggio, 1605-1606. So, it should come to no surprise to you that I think laypeople should jump off their Twitter accounts and write - put their ideas out onto the internet, pass them along to their friends, submit them to official publications, Catholic or otherwise. I've mentioned this before on Twitter, I'm…
Reboot – Entry #1
I'm doing Camp NaNoWrimo with a goal of 1500 words per day. I haven't written since July 4th.. must have been the fireworks. Today, I'll be writing all day, and not necessarily capturing everything into a Notebook Page as I had done previously (see previous). I know how my mind works through the Writing Process.…
The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart. Be not vexed over evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong. Introit,ps 36:30-31,Ps 36:1 Saint Augustin, Philippe de Champaigne, 1645-1650.
Of Jewelry Dishes.. and Dances of Obedience and Doubt
O Lord, You have probed me and You know me; You know when I sit and when I stand. - Ps 138:1-2Introit, Seventh day of the octave of the Apostles Every night, my husband collects my jewelry where I happen to leave it. On the entry table when we return from an outing. On his…
Veronica, it is the Lord.. 