Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Make A Wish For Me"
"Happy Birthday, Dear Beany"
by Lenora Mattingly Weber
[teen fiction, mainstream, (Catholic family), 1950s]

"Johnny-up and Johnny-down"#
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, Quakers]
{Open Library Loan}
(quick read)

"These Lonesome Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, teacher, Ozarks]

"Little Clearing In The Woods"
by Maria D. Wilkes
[children's fiction, historical, biographical, family]
Little House: The Caroline Years
{carrying over into next week}

Only ONE for 2012

I've decided to keep things simple by making one, yes, only one,
New Year's resolution.
I will spend at least one full hour a day, [90 minutes on Sundays] in online Adoration. I'll probably, almost definitely, have to divide the hour into several segments. The larger
portion will be in the morning.
Do you notice that I said "portion," as though speaking of food? Well, Adoration IS food; food
for the soul.

From RAnn's Blog: Review: Strawberry Girl

This That and the Other Thing: Review: Strawberry Girl: Strawberry Girl About the Book: How can Birdie’s family grow strawberries when the neighbors let their cows into the berry fields? ...

Great Homily by Fr. Anthony

God bless Fr. Anthony and his twin sister on their birthday
and every day of the year!

Jigsaw Puzzle Site

I came across an online jigsaw puzzle site.
I've always enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles, even though my perceptual difficulties make
them hard for me. Or perhaps the truth is that I enjoy them all the more
because my perceptual difficulties make them more challenging.
I really hope it is the latter!

Holy Innocents

Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents. We remember
the babies Herod ordered massacred.
May these innocent babies intercede for the innocent unborn.
"Innocent unborn"
ALL unborn babies are innocent. No matter what the circumstances of their conception,
all unborn babies are innocent.

The Great Train Robbery

I've just added The Great Train Robbery to my Vintage Media Collection.
It's about time I put this landmark film in my collection!