Food
Lenten Food
Today my son and his wife started on a road trip. They are visiting some south-eastern states to see if they may want to move there. They have talked for a couple years about living in a smaller community, especially now that our city has gotten so big and expensive. I talked to them for […]
Family Time
My favorite team was not playing in the Super Bowl today, but it’s always a good reason to get together with family and have food. Way before the game started, my sister and I watched some of the pre-game show. That’s when they told some really good stories of people overcoming the odds against them […]
Fasching
I listened to an interesting podcast today that talked about the season of Carnevale. Evidently in the history of the church seasons, Advent was a time of fasting leading up to Christmas, as was Lent leading up to Easter. Once the Christmas season ended with the Baptism of Jesus, which we celebrated yesterday, the Carnevale […]
Syrup
I am trying to get back to more healthy eating, so today I made some tuna salad with an apple cider vinegar “de-tox” dressing. While I was at it, I decided to make some granola. I had some pecans and some coconut flakes and found a recipe that sounded good. It called for maple syrup. […]
Joyful, Grateful, Peaceful
I have had a wonderful week full of Christmas joy, gratitude, and peace. Last weekend my oldest grandson came home for a few days. I decorated the house, made goodies, and hosted Christmas dinner for my family. We played Christmas song charades, laughed a lot, and ate a lot. Before the meal, I led the […]
Full Of Thanks
I felt so blessed on Thanksgiving this year and had so much to be grateful for. As soon as I awoke, friends and family started sharing messages of gratitude. I decided to go to Mass in the morning. It was such a beautiful way to start the day. There was a bell choir directed and […]
Continued Birthday
Today may be the last day of my week long birthday celebration and I felt like I received so many gifts. This morning I talked to my aunt who turned 90 on our mutual birthday. I thanked her for the card and beautiful blouse she sent me from her favorite QVC. She told me about […]
Preparing the Turkey
I went to the Newman Center today and enjoyed visiting with the young adults. I love to hear their outlook on life in their current state of being. Some have a deep faith, others are searching. Today I was especially enthralled watching one of the young men preparing the turkey for tomorrow’s Friendsgiving dinner. He […]
Our Oktoberfest
Since I learned that my grandson will be moving soon, it seemed necessary to have my family over before he leaves. Not only that, both my son’s birthdays are coming up, so we had much to celebrate. After talking about what kind of food to have, we decided on German. It was somewhat surprising since […]
Owning Up
Tonight I had the privilege of sharing dinner with the group at the Newman Center. On Thursday evenings after Mass, a different group of people provide meals for the students to treat them to home cooked food. This was the 2nd event that was held since school started. There were about 30 young people in […]
Still Finding God 