With the Catholic News sites discussing the Vatican's move to reform the LCWR, I pulled this slim volume written back in 1986 off the shelf to re-read. It's a quick and amusing read: a satirical view of the breakdown and renewal of reli...
I'd never read any Henry James before, though I did see the Nicole Kidman movie adaptation of Portrait of a Lady some years ago because... well, because it was a costume drama with Nicole Kidman in it.
This was one of those novels I ...
If you, like me, have been reared on tales of the second World War as the just and virtuous struggle of the "greatest generation", Evelyn Waugh's arch novels (based loosely on his own war experiences) are an important and darkly enjoyabl...
This was the first time in some years that I've re-read this Austen novel, one of the quieter and shorter ones, but one which has ranked among my favorites. It was striking me, on this pass, that it rather shows the effects of having be...
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Hang in there!
Praying for you.
I know that beached whale feeling all too well. :)
Remember, you can't be pregnant forever even though it feels like it!
Looking forward to hearing news of boy-Darwin!
Lol my friend had her baby girl on Saturday morning - early... and on Thursday she spoke of how she felt like a beached whale!!!
Ugh! Baby Due In August: been there; done that. You have my sympathy!
(Clever picture!)
Hmmm.... no posts since 8:33 am 9/8. I wonder if this absence is indicative of the birth!!
No, but there's quite a story about it nonetheless...
Praying that everything goes well and can't wait to hear the news!
Baby baby baby baby baby...
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