Happy New Year!

Yes, at one time March 25th was the first day of the year.

I found this passage in "John of Pudding Lane", by Mabel Leigh Hunt:

"Do you not remember it is Lady Day, the first day of the year 1719?  And for once your father's almanac is right, for it says: 'March the twenty-fifth.  About this time expect sleet and foul weather.' "

As soon as I read that, I knew I had to blog about it.

A Post I HAVE to Share

I came across this post, and, as a "Betsy-Tacy" and "Little House" fan, I just HAD to share it.

For Today's Solemnity (re-post, slightly edited)

In Honor of the Solemnity of The Annunciation,

I am pleased to present all the images of The Annunciation in my Rosary Art Collection, (so far!) 

Blogger Compares Abortion to Cavity Removal, Calls Babies “Time-Sucking Monsters”

Blogger Compares Abortion to Cavity Removal, Calls Babies “Time-Sucking Monsters”

I don't usually apologize for someone else's words or actions, but in this case I have to make an exception and apologize for some of the language used in this article.
Seldom have I read ANYTHING that has made me feel so
furious, and so nauseated... and that includes all the other pro-abortion garbage I've come across!

Sunday Snippets-- A Catholic Carnival

Well, here it is time once more for Sunday Snippets! Thanks to RAnn for hosting!  I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete!: Facebook post from Dion

Semper Gaudete!: St. Patrick's Day Post

Semper Gaudete!: VERY Appropriate Picture (repost)

Semper Gaudete!: New Item in Break-Off Collection.

Semper Gaudete!: The First Saint I Ever Head Of (re-post)

Semper Gaudete!: Throwback Thursday

Semper Gaudete!: This Week's Fan Fiction

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"In This House of Brede,"
by Rumer Godden
[fiction]
{Sunday Book} 

"Me Me Me Me Me Me
Not a Novel"
by M. E. Kerr 
[autobiography]
{carried over from last week}

"The Woman's Club" #
by Olive Thorn Miller
[non-fiction]
(free Google book)
{carried over from last week; carrying over into next week}

"The Chalet School in the Oberland"
"Bride Leads the Chalet School"
"Changes for the Chalet School"
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer

[children's fiction, Chalet School series]

"Fifteen"

by Beverly Cleary

[YA fiction]

"Jerry Todd's Up-The-Ladder Club #

by Leo Edwards

[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

{carrying over into next week}

"Don't Call Me Katie Rose"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

[YA fiction]

{carrying over into next week}

You may have noticed by now that I often have several books "going" at the same time!

This Week's Fan Fiction

New chapters were added to the following stories.

23rd Precinct

One Careless Moment