There is no time for a long post today or likely any day this week- much going on at work and there is more work to do this evening as soon as I’m done writing this entry. It’s been a string of days and I’m just tired. Over the weekend Midi had two friends over […]
Category Archives: Nature
Stuart and Stations of the Cross Trail
Yesterday my husband Stuart came with me to the Fish Fry at Sorrowful Mother. My friend Belinda and her husband Henry came as well and we sat with another couple we are friends with from the 4pm St. Cecilia Mass. There were many people there and it was so loud. But Stuart was there and […]
Song of the Hermit Thrush – “A benediction on the air”
Recently I watched an episode of Leslie the Bird Nerd on YouTube about the Hermit Thrush and remembered the little bird I saved from the netting in the chicken run in October last year. I dove into learning about the Hermit Thrush and discovered some beautiful poems inspired by this powerful little singer. All About […]
Journal Entry: Stuart’s Birthday, ROI, Saint with a Broom
AM – Before Mass This week was Stuart’s birthday so we are headed to his favorite brewpub, Shoreline Brewery in Michigan City, to the Lake (multiple beaches, Reader! Michigan City Beach and likely the little one by Bass Pro Shops), and any other place he wants to go because today is his day. I know […]
Everyday Conversion – Video Poem & “Sing the Hours” Liturgy of the Hours Podcast
I’ve been experimenting with video editing on Canva recently in my volunteer work with the Pastorate. I love being able to combine images, video, and words in a visual narrative. So I decided to do this with one of the poems I wrote: Everyday Conversion. This short poem is about being reminded of God’s love […]
Morning Prayer, Craving, Persistence
This morning, I was able to walk to my little spot in the back woods and pray the morning prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours. The sunrise was so beautiful: I didn’t realize that today was Saint Ambrose’s feast day before praying the morning prayer. I need to mark more of the saint’s days […]
Bertie the Duck is Blessed
The Pastorate had a Blessing of the Animals service in honor of St. Francis on Sunday afternoon so of course we took Bertie the duck and Lacey the dog. Lacey cried the whole time because we didn’t bring Fionn since Stuart was out hunting. Finny is far too big for me to hold back if […]
Plants, Memes, Saints
It is mid-October and the weather is turning cold. Now comes the difficult time of bringing all the houseplants in. I swear they multiply over the summer. I put out fifteen in the spring, and now there are twenty. How does that happen? Are they plants or rabbits? Because the sad fact is that plants […]
Hiking at Shades State Park
A few months ago, I went through and put all the Holy Days of Obligation and feast days for some of my favorite saints for the rest of the year into my Outlook calendar and requested them off. Then, I asked Stuart if he’d like to go hiking for St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day […]
Journal Entry: 9/4/23 – Rest, Allergies, Mercy
I have terrible fall allergies. My nose runs, my eyes water. I get headaches and hay fever. It’s awful and this season has been the worst I can remember. There is so much pollen being released by ragweed, golden rod, and other plants that Stuart’s hands were yellow after picking tomatoes. This combined with the […]
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