Posted in Poetry and art, homeschooling, tagged art class, energy, homeschoolers, homeschooling, zoo on September 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Jen at Conversion Diary had a post about homeschooling questions and worries. I found the first one particularly interesting: “I worry about getting physically and mentally ovewhelmed…”
(Now, the irony is, I’m revising this draft and posting it after a day that
started before dawn (ick! I fulfilled that quota in the Navy)
involved eight hours of driving
saw [...]
Posted in Gardening, Humor, Poetry and art on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slow, sodden spring yields,
To sticky, sweaty summer.
Yard, you’re on your own,
Cheerfully weeded
Just while weather amnesia
Lingered in light breeze.
AC’s siren song
Whirs, “You, neither mad dog nor
Englishman; stay in!”
(No offense to the English; the phrase is, “Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun!” Probably said somewhere in the tropics, where some Englishmen were reportedly more concerned [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Christmas, Poetry and art, tagged carol, Christmas, ewtn, gaudete, the priests on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Gaudete Sunday!
“Huh?” many of you are thinking. Ok, I’ll explain. Both Lent and (surprise) Advent are penitential seasons, so the color for the liturgical vestments in the Catholic Church is purple. Since Easter is the most important celebration in the church year, the preparation period (Lent) is longer, forty days (which also has a [...]
Posted in Christmas, Poetry and art, tagged angel gabriel from heaven came, basque carol, carol, Christmas, music on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy feast of the Immaculate Conception! In honor of the feast, I offer “The Basque Carol,” also known by its first line, “The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came.” Yes, properly, the song sort of belongs in March, for the feast of the Annunciation, but that feast obviously relates very closely to Christmas. The text comes from the [...]
Posted in Christmas, Poetry and art, Religion, tagged carol, Christmas, church music, comfort comfort o my people on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting through the tambourines at the end of mass (our usual Advent song, “Rise Up, Jerusalem,” involves tambourines… which I guess is slightly better than the bongo drums our previous parish used for, “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning”), I started thinking of all the really great Advent and Christmas music out there (none of which, [...]
Posted in Gardening, Housewyf stuff, Poetry and art, tagged Gardening, pomegranates on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a lighter note, I am delighted to present some beauty photos of my first pomegranate. Now, if you haven’t seen them, pomegranate flowers are incredible, but, of course, the main point of growing a fruit tree is, well, fruit. After three years, I finally got some fruit. (And the birds can’t figure out how to [...]
Posted in Olympics, Poetry and art, tagged art, Olympics, oriental brush painting, sumi-e on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of the Beijing Olympics, I offer paintings of bamboo and iris (and my shortest post to date).
Yes, I did them. The little red chop is just one of my favorite characters (ok, it’s one of the very few characters I know); it’s “joy” and looks suspiciously like a person in long skirts under [...]
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