At last, Another Image Added to My Collection

I've just added this painting to my Rosary Art Collection.  It's been almost two months since I found a new image for the collection, and, to be honest, I was thinking of declaring the collection complete.

So thank God I found this painting!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come on over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, a place for Catholic bloggers to share posts.  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : Amelia Bedelia (Warning: SPOILER!)

Semper Gaudete! : Whatever Happened to My Daily Blogging

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read In The Past Week

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday books

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

adapted by M. J. Huber

[spiritual reading]
a favorite of mine; thank God it wasn't one
of the books lost when I moved.

"That Football Game and What Came of It"
"Ada Merton" #

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online books)

"Reproachfully Yours"

by Lucile Hasley

Weekday Books

"Mildred's Married Life and
a Winter With Elsie Dinsmore"
{carried over from last week}
"Mildred at Home"
by Martha Finley
[children's fiction, Protestant]
(free online books)


"The Animal, The Vegetable, and John D. Jones"
by Betsy Byars
[children's fiction]

"A Dog on Barkham Street"
by Mary Stolz
[children's fiction]

"Dial LeRoi Rupert, D. J."
by Jamie Gilson
[children's fiction]

"Amelia Bedelia"
by Peggy Parrish
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"A Clown Like Me"
by Joan L. Oppenheimer
[children's/teen fiction]

"Friends Are Like That"
by Patricia Hermes
[children's fiction (older children) ]

"Stargirl"
by Jerry Spinelli
[children's/YA fiction]

"An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual" #
by Jennifer Lea Anderson
[nonfiction]
{carrying over into next week}

"Ann Lawrence of Old New York" #
by Gladys Malvern
[YA fiction, historical]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Little Prince"
by Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
[fiction]

"Mama's Bank Account"
by Kathryn Forbes
[fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan; my copy was lost when I moved.  Thank God I can read it and other books online for free!)
{carrying over into next week}

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"A 40-Day Spiritual Workout for Catholics"

by Bob Rice

(chapters 31-37)

one chapter a day

Books Selected For Long-Term Reading

"Summa Theologica"

by St. Thomas Aquinas
(free Kindle book)

"Swimming in the Sea of Talmud" #

[Jewish studies]

Whatever Happened to My Daily Blogging

What happened to my daily blogging?  Writer's block?  Writer's slump? 

Or is it because I've been dealing with a difficult situation that I can't blog about at this time because someone else is involved?

I suspect that it is all of the above.

I've also been neglecting my fan fiction... I have added a few lines to several of the stories I'm working on, and jotted down a

few ideas, but it's been a long time since I've published a new story or chapter.

Amelia Bedelia (Warning: SPOILER!)

I've just re-read a favorite picture book: Peggy Parrish's delightfully funny "Amelia Bedelia."

Amelia Bedelia is a maid, and it is her first day working for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers.

Mrs. Rogers has to go someplace, but she leaves a list of instructions, which Amelia Bedelia follows literally... and I do mean LITERALLY

The next part is a spoiler, so I'll put some X's here.  Please scroll down.

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Years ago, I read this book to a little girl, and when I came to the words, "and please dress the chicken,"  she said, "Oh, NO!"

and cracked up.  I couldn't blame her, I always lose it at that point!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come on over to RAnn's blog for Sunday Snippets, a place where Catholic bloggers like me share our posts. I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours?



Semper Gaudete! : Only Two This Year

Semper Gaudete! : Soft Kitty Again

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read In The Past Week

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

You'll notice that I've changed the format of this weekly post,

Sunday books

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

adapted by M. J. Huber

[spiritual reading]
a favorite of mine; thank God it wasn't one
of the books lost when I moved.

"Claude Lightfoot or How The Problem Was Solved"

"That Football Game and What Came of It"

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(free online books)

Weekday Books

"Light a Single Candle"

by Beverly Butler

[YA fiction]

"Jonica's Island"

by Gladys Malvern

[historical fiction]

"Invisible Lissa"

by Natalie Honeycutt

[children's fiction]

"The Lord and Mary Ann"

by Catherine Cookson

[fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"Have You Seen My Cat?" #

by Eric Carle

[picture book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

I thought this would be a book where the cat is hidden
somewhere on every page or spread.  It wasn't.

"An Awful Name to Live Up To"

by Jessie Hosford

[children's fiction, historical]

"Curious Missie" #

by Virginia Sorensen

[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"Families, Etc."

"Thanks to You!"

by Miriam L. Elias

[children's fiction, Jewish]

"Bea and Mr. Jones"
by Amy Schwartz
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
another book lost when I moved;
thank God I can read it online for free!

"Mildred's Married Life and
a Winter With Elsie Dinsmore"
[children's fiction, Protestant]
(free online book)
{carrying over into next week}

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"A 40-Day Spiritual Workout For Catholics"

by Bob Rice
(chapters 24-30)

one chapter a day

Books Selected For Long-Term Reading

"Summa Theologica"

by St. Thomas Aquinas
(free Kindle book)

"Swimming in the Sea of Talmud" #

[Jewish studies]