Sunday, April 05, 2026

Menu Plan: Bright Week

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Christ is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Traditionally, the eight days of the Paschal Octave have absolutely no fasti...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Craft On: Knitting in Holy Week

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Just because of the life we have led over the past few weeks, and specifically our schedule of this past week, I have not finished eithe...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Menu Plan: Holy Week

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The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem We have made it. This week is the penultimate week of the year. We are walking the Via Dolorosa with...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Craft On: Adventures in Homeschooling

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This is a terrible picture of me. I didn't have my normal photographer with me. However, I love how Elijah described it as a jelly...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Menu Plan: Passion Sunday and Feast of the Annunciation

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We are nearing the end of the fast. Properly, this Sunday is called Passion Sunday, was the beginning of the final week of Lent, with Hol...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Craft On: There and Back Again

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Remember how I said that I wasn't firing on all cylinders? I got back to where I needed to be on Rich's sock, and started the h...
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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Menu Plan: Laetare Sunday

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Laetare Jerusalem: et conventum facite omnes qui diligitis eam: gaudete cum laetitia, qui in tristitia fuistis: ut exsultetis, et satiem...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Craft On: Simple Gifts

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So, I over shot on Rich's second sock. It's kind of the first sock, which was already completely knit, but in the wrong size. ...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Menu Plan: Third Sunday of Lent

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We are well into Lent and it is a hard one this year. Sometimes our sacrifices are not what we choose. God is with us, and we see His gr...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Craft On: Prayers Please

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Rich's boot socks are moving along steadily, mostly because I don't really have to do much thinking while I knit them. However,...
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Sunday, March 01, 2026

Menu Plan: Second Sunday of Lent

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Be steadfast, brothers, and do the little things. We have made it through the first week and a half of Lent, and are on the Second Sunday...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Craft On: Agony of Da Feet?

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Folks, I think I hate surface crochet. I might have to give up on my qualifier sock, because I just don't think I can finish in tim...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Menu Plan: First Sunday in Lent

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There are many beautiful icons of the Temptation of Jesus, but this painting by Duccio captures the essense of our Lenten journey with C...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Recipe Round Up: Radish Pico de Gallo, Mana'eesh, Plus Paneer Musallam

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Here is a sampling of two Lenten recipes and one that can be made Lenten. Radish Pico de Gallo This is so delicious and refreshing...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Craft On: Ash Wednesday Knitting

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I have finished Rich's Defend and Resist cap. I am not sure how I feel about the tassel. I love the red, white and blue in it, but...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Menu Plan: Quinquagesima, Mardi Gras, and Ash Wednesday

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We are not aligned with the East in our fast this year. We begin about five days before them this year, because we begin on Ash Wednesd...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Recipe Round Up: Rouz Ma'amar

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This is a special baked rice that is kind of a custard. It can be made savory, as I did, but is sometimes made sweet as well (which I m...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Craft On: What's in Your Project Bag?

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For Valentine's Day, I am hoping to have a pair of slipper socks finished for Rich, and he has asked for a resistance hat with a red...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

Menu Plan: Sexagesima

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It is now Sexagesima Sunday, which just means sixty and refers to the fact that we are within about 60 days of the end of the feast. It i...
Saturday, February 07, 2026

Recipe Round Up: Arugula and Cucumber Salad

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Lent is around the corner and this refreshing salad is fantastic either in or out of Lent. I had a version of it served to me at Al-Bas...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Craft On: Back to the Beginning

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Do you see this up there? I'm ripping all of that out today. It turns out it is about an inch smaller than it ought to be, so I wi...
Sunday, February 01, 2026

Menu Plan: Feast of the Purification and Presentation

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Tomorrow is the last feast of the Infancy Narrative of the Incarnation. It is the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary an...