This entire week, the subject of death has been front and center, but I promise I’m not being morbid today. In fact, to prove it to you, I will begin with….Nicholas, of course. ___1___ Earlier this summer, when we first thought Grandma was dying, Nicholas took the news very hard. So on Tuesday, I wasn’t…
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Ninety-eight
When I was a kid, my sisters and I stayed with my grandma for a few days when my parents had to take a trip to some far-flung northern location to pick up farm equipment. Tracks for the combine, maybe? A ridge-till cultivator? I don’t remember. It probably happened more than once. We slept in…
Read MoreSex, Love, and Women’s Fiction
I’ve been reading a lot of women’s fiction lately, and reading it with a more critical eye than is usual for me. As I contemplate the novel query stage, I’m analyzing how my book fits into what’s already out there. There’s a lot of really good writing out there: great character depth and engrossing storytelling.…
Read MoreThe State Of Julianna’s World
It’s been a while since Julianna’s taken the spotlight. And considering that it’s taken until 8:45 in the morning to work up the post-viral energy to sit down and blog at all, I’m going to take it easy today and just share a few thoughts about the state of Ju-Ju-Bee’s world. She continues to be…
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Time for another roundup of Catholic bloggers at RAnn’s This, That & The Other Thing. Care to join us? RAnn’s question this week is: What is your favorite formal, i.e. memorized, prayer? I’m going to cheat and say Psalm 139, because the memorized prayers are soothing rather than spiritually deepening for me. This was Nicholas-the-jabbermouth…
Read MoreNicholas Speaks
As promised, it’s time for a post of Nicholas-isms. Are you ready? Here are some of the memorable things that came out of his mouth this week. Random one-liners “Yay, my muscles are all growed!” (after finishing his milk) “Mommy, how do you get rid of a Christmas tree?” (On September 2nd.) “Mommy, how do…
Read MoreFourteen Years Ago…
…this is what we were doing. ___1___ ___2___ ___3___ ___4___ At the end, we joined our choir (the one where we met). * ___5___ Now brace yourself. This next photo is really, entirely, wholly, completely liturgically inappropriate. But it was also unstaged, and for that reason it’s precious in my memory. (It was after the…
Read MoreIntrovert, Extrovert, Jabbermouth
A couple of weeks ago, we had quite a discussion here about introverts and extroverts. Mostly introverts, because you know, the blogosphere is a haven for introverts. Everybody who ever felt socially inept, unpopular and never fit in has found here a community of our own kind. I don’t exactly fit in to the neat,…
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The boys have been taking center stage on the blog lately, so I wanted to do a post about Julianna. Unfortunately, it’s Labor Day and on Labor Day, we, uh, labor. Because we don’t have enough time to get all our labor done on non-holidays. Hence, it is 1:15 p.m. and I’m just going to…
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Joining up with RAnn’s This, That and the Other Thing Sunday Snippets: A Catholic Carnival on this Labor Day weekend. Our question of the week is: What ministries are you involved in at your parish? My husband and I lead the “contemporary” ensemble at our parish, and we teach natural family planning through the Couple…
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Kathleen M. Basi 