Shamrocks..... and Cats

This post originally appeared, in a slightly different form,in one of my old blogs.
Shamrocks.... and Cats
Today, St. Patrick's Day, I'm wearing a green top, and a green hair ribbon. I had Irish oatmeal for breakfast supper. In Lenora Mattingly Weber's Katie Rose Belford series, the mother stirs up a loaf of Irish soda bread every morning. Maybe I'll try making it someday!
Today is also the Feast of St. Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats and cat lovers. Too bad I don't have a blouse or top with shamrocks and cats on it!

Contrary to Any Impression We May Get From The Secular Media----

----This is NOT a picture of St. Patrick!

Baby Joseph Rescued!!!

Please click HERE for article.
I cheered, and I mean I actually stood up, clapped my hands, and shouted "HOORAY!!!"
when I heard this news!
Thank God for Fr. Frank!

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Semper Gaudete!: My First Ash Wednesday



Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"The Art Spirit"
by Robert Henri
Compiled by Margery A. Ryerson
(non-fiction)

"The Way of a Pilgrim
and The Pilgrim Continues His Way"
author unknown.
Translated by Helen Bacovcin
Foreword by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
(Spirituality [Orthodox, Russian] Fiction? Non-fiction?)

{Only two books finished this week}

My First Ash Wednesday

I remember my very first Ash Wednesday, my first day of
fasting as a Catholic. For me it was easy as pie; it was
a piece of cake. (Although, of course, I had neither pie nor
cake!)
Remember, I am a Jewish convert, a veteran of Yom Kippur
fasts: From a little before sundown until a little after sundown,
no food, and nothing to drink. Not even a sip of water!
The not eating wasn't all that hard (I'm not saying it was a picnic, but who picnicked on Yom Kippur, anyway?).
What I found hard was the "not even a sip of water" part.
So, my first fast as a Catholic was easy in that respect. What I found difficult was figuring out the "two small meals that
together don't equal a full meal."
It was like a combined one-day-diet and math exercise!
When Fr. Kelly asked me how I'd gotten through my first
fast-day, I couldn't help laughing.
"Father," I said, "you don't know from fasting!"

The Glad Game of Lent

The Glad Game of Lent

As an admitted, unabashed Pollyanna lover, I just HAD to
share this post.
Don't miss Karen's article on Pollyanna's Glad Game

Multi-blogging

I am a multi-blogger, working on several blogs at once.
Thank God we don't have to limit ourselves to just one blog!
Update:I wasn't just multi-blogging. I was over-blogging! I had one blog which was just a collection of advertisements, another that just had posts from various other blogs, including my own... I think I even had a blog about blogging!
Face it, I was a blogaholic. So I finally reduced my blogs to four, and then incorporated them into just one! This one! LOL!

American Hospital May Take Baby Joseph Maraachli in Transfer

American Hospital May Take Baby Joseph Maraachli in Transfer

This precious, innocent baby is dying. Let him at least die in loving arms.

Stations of the Cross

I've found an online version of the Stations that I like very much.

My Daily Way of the Cross
Daily. So perhaps I should go on with this devotion after Lent, at least on Fridays.

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Semper Gaudete!: Asher Lev and Matisse

Semper Gaudete!: The Best Laid Plans....!!!!

Semper Gaudete!: Lent Starts On Wednesday....

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"My Name Is Asher Lev"
"The Gift of Asher Lev"
by Chaim Potok
(fiction, Judaica, art and artists)

"Henry Huggins"
"Henry and Beezus"
"Henry and Ribsy"
by Beverly Cleary
(children's fiction)
[if my calculations are correct, this
is my gazillion and eighth reading of
the "Henry Huggins" books]
{these books can STILL make me laugh out loud}

"Phebe Fairchild
Her Book"
by Lois Lenski
(children's fiction, historical)

"Slam Book"
by Ann M. Martin
(YA fiction)

Lent Starts On Wednesday....

....and I want it to be a bit different this year; I want
to do a little more.
So this year, in addition to no junk food, no soda, no chocolate in any form whatsoever, no eating between meals, no alcohol (I like a glass of wine or beer once in awhile with a meal),
I've decided to abstain from meat (but not fish), except on Sundays, solemnities, and
feast days. On Fridays, I will even abstain from fish, because, to be honest, I love fish sticks, and this is another "extra sacrifice" I want to make this Lent.
I also plan to pray the Stations of the Cross every day.

The Best Laid Plans....!!!!

This is from one of my old blogs.
Back in the 1920s, my grandparents, Rose and Nathan Rosenthal, lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. An elementary school was scheduled to be built on their block, so Grandpa, wisely, IMO, opened a candy store. How could he have known that plans for the school would fall through? Just think! I could have been related to a candy store!!

Asher Lev and Matisse

This post is adapted from a post in one of my old blogs.
Quote from "My Name Is Asher Lev", by Chaim Potok: "His art is not enjoyable. He is not Matisse." That was my introduction to Henri Matisse, whose art I find extremely enjoyable.
I love it when a book leads me to something new, and that seems to happen fairly often.

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Semper Gaudete!: Defunding threat finds Planned Parenthood at vulnerable point in its contentious history :: EWTN News



Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"Books I Love"
{started last week, finished on Monday}
(non-fiction)
[Former library book, discarded and put on sale.
How could I resist a book with that title???]


"Under The Lilacs"
by Louisa May Alcott
{started last week, finished on Monday}
(children's fiction)

"Danika's Totally Terrible Toss"
{read on Tuesday}
by Dannah Gresh
[e-book]
"Just Call Me Kate"
{read on Tuesday
by Dannah Gresh and Janet Mylin
[e-book]
"Yuzi's False Alarm"
{read on Tuesday}
by Dannah Gresh and Chizuruoke Anderson
[e-book]
"T is for AnTONIa"
by Dannah Gresh and Suzy Weibel
{read on Tuesday}
[e-book]
(children's fiction, Christian {Protestant} )
[Secret Keeper Girls series]

Defunding threat finds Planned Parenthood at vulnerable point in its contentious history :: EWTN News

Defunding threat finds Planned Parenthood at vulnerable point in its contentious history :: EWTN News

Let's pray that ALL abortion clinics will be shut down, or, better yet, transformed
into places that SUPPORT life.

The Missing Book

I recently read "Two Chalet School Girls In India", by Priyadarshini Narendra. This is one of the fill-ins to
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's original "Chalet School" series.
So why am I calling this post "The Lost Manuscript"?
Well, to quote the late Helen McClelland's foreword:
"No question about it: Elinor M. Brent-Dyer did undoubtedly
write a book with the title Two Chalet School Girls in India.
She refers to it at various times during the Chalet School
series. But the mystery of what happened to this story
is still unsolved."
Helen McClelland speculated that the book may not have
had a close enough connection to the Chalet School.
"Or could it have been that, at some stage, the story dealt
with Jo's conversion to Roman Catholicism, which might in
those days have been thought unsuitable for a school readership?"
Personally, I think that this is very possible. The New York Public Library banned "Heaven To Betsy", by Maud Hart Lovelace, due to Betsy and Julia's conversion from the Baptist to the Episcopal church. (The ban has since been lifted.)
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's manuscript may still be lying around
somewhere. And perhaps it will turn up and FINALLY be
published. I, for one, would love to read it.
It would be so interesting to compare the two versions.

EWTN.com - Dr. Bernard Nathanson Remembered For His Profound Pro-life Conversion

EWTN.com - Dr. Bernard Nathanson Remembered For His Profound Pro-life Conversion

God rest his soul. I wonder how many babies were
SAVED due to Dr. Nathanson's pro-life testimonies?

Lent Begins In March

It feels a bit strange to still be eating chocolate so late in February!

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Semper Gaudete!: What Would She Say?

Books Read In The Past Week

"The New Chalet School"
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
"Gillian Of The Chalet School"
by Carol Allan
[fill-in]
"Two Chalet School Girls In India"
by Priyadarshini Narendra
[concurrent, in part, with "Gillian".
There are a few discrepancies between the two
books, because they were published by two different companies.]
"The Chalet School In Exile"
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
(children's fiction)

Not In Any Of The Usual Ways

Those of you who have been reading my blog know that
I am a Jewish convert to the Catholic Church. What you
may not know, however, is that I am also a revert. Yes,
I was, for several years, NOT a practicing Catholic.
I can't go into why I left the Church. All I will say is
that it involved several people from my parish, one man
in particular. (No, not a priest. I want to make that clear, in the light of the recent scandals.)
Okay. The important part, the crux of the matter, is what
led me back to the Church. Let's just say, I was not brought
back in any of the usual ways.
I didn't discover EWTN while channel-surfing; in fact,
it was several years AFTER my return that I started watching
EWTN.
I didn't find, hidden in a drawer, one of my old rosaries
or medals.
I didn't come across one of my forgotten Catholic books.
So, what, or rather who, got me back into the Church?
Well, first of all, of course, God.
But who was His instrument? Well, hold on to your hats!
I was moved to return to the Church by a Catholic character by the name of Joe Carlino on the now defunct soap opera, "Another World".
Joe was very much a Catholic character. Not that he never did anything wrong; like all well-written characters, he had his flaws.
But what I remember most was how often he prayed. And it
never seemed forced; it seemed like the most natural thing
in the world for him to pray.
Not that watching Joe live out his Faith got me back right away. No. It took a couple of years. I felt a tug, but I wasn't
QUITE ready yet.
Or so I thought, until February 17th, 1997, when Gabe McNamara, the captain of the 23rd Precinct, under whom Joe served as a detective, was shot.
I still remember the scene at the hospital. The doctors were
working over Gabe, and Joe was standing there, to the side,
praying, and praying, and praying. By the time Gabe was
pronounced dead, there wasn't a viewer of "Another World"
who did not know the Hail Mary.
And, as Joe prayed, I heard myself praying with him. Yes, I
knew it was just a tv show, and yet, it seemed so RIGHT to
be repeating those words, those words I hadn't spoken in
years.
I thought, and I prayed, and, one week plus one day later,
I walked over to the Rectory.
The next morning, I went to Mass and received Holy Communion for the first time in too many years.
God DEFINITELY moves in mysterious ways sometimes.

What Would She Say?

If Margaret Sanger could come back today,
And speak just once more, what would she say?
I believe she would say, in a voice clear and strong
Just three simple words, "I was wrong."

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Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"Rose In Bloom"
{started last week, finished on Sunday }
by Louisa May Alcott

"A week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers"
[mentioned in "Rose In Bloom"]
{started last week}
by Henry David Thoreau
[Google e-book (free!) ]
(non-fiction)
So far, I'm enjoying this book, although I do not
agree with what Thoreau says about religion.

"Meet Hattie"
{started on Sunday, finished on Monday}
"Hattie's Faraway Family"
{read on Monday}
"Hattie's Holidays"
{read on Monday}
"Hattie's Adventures"
{read on Monday}
by Marie Hibma Frost
(children's fiction, Christian [Protestant] )

"Mostly The Meldons"
{read on Monday}
by Decie Merwin
(children's fiction)

"Books I Love"
{started on Monday}
(non-fiction)
[Former library book, discarded and put on sale.
How could I resist a book with that title???]

"A Yardstick For Jessica"
{read on Tuesday}
"Jill's Story"
{read on Wednesday}
by Jean Fiedler
(children's fiction)

"The New House At The Chalet School"
{started on Wednesday, finished on Thursday}
"Jo Returns To The Chalet School"
{started on Thursday, finished on Saturday}
"The New Chalet School"
{started on Saturday}
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
(children's fiction)

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Semper Gaudete!: The Chicken Said "Thank You"



Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"What Jane Austen ATE and Charles Dickens KNEW
From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life
in 19th-Century England"
{reading a little at a time; I may, however, put it aside
until I start on some 19th-Century English novels.}
by Daniel Poole
(non-fiction)

"Betsy and The Great World"
{started on Thursday, finished on Monday}
"Betsy's Wedding"
{started on Monday, finished on Thursday}
by Maud Hart Lovelace
(children's/young adult fiction)

"The Betsy-Tacy Companion"
by Sharla Scannell Whalen
(non-fiction, biographical)
{finished on Thursday}

"The Home Has A Heart"
[February chapter only]
{read on Tuesday}
(non-fiction)

"Rose In Bloom"
{started on Thursday}
by Louisa May Alcott

"A week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers"

{started on Friday}
by Henry David Thoreau
[Google e-book (free!) ]
(non-fiction)
So far, I'm enjoying this book, although I do not
agree with what Thoreau says about religion.

The Chicken Said "Thank You"

Since this is the Chinese New Year, I'd like to share
something that happened in Chinatown when I was a little girl, perhaps nine years old.
I don't really remember why Mom and I were in Chinatown that day. A promised treat, or a
spur-of-the-moment impulse? Oh, well. That doesn't really matter.
At one point during our for-whatever-reason, (or for-no-particular-reason)trip to
Chinatown, Mom and I stopped at a place whose name I can't remember (If I do, I will
edit this post! :) ). It may have been an arcade, or perhaps it was The Chinese Museum.
{Note to self: Stop rambling and tell the story already!}
Okay. On with the story, then. Among the attractions at this arcade? museum? was a
Fortune Telling Chicken. Anyone wanting his or her fortune told by this chicken would
deposit a coin, (I think it was a dime, but it may have been a quarter) into a slot.
This would cause some grain to pour into the chicken's dish. The chicken would pluck a
little cardboard fortune, and then eat the grain.
Well, on this day that poor chicken hadn't been doing much business, apparently. The dish was empty, and people were passing her by with hardly a glance. I felt sorry for her; she seemed
so hungry.
Okay, to (belatedly) make a long story short, I dropped a coin into the slot, and the grain trickled into the dish. Now, let me tell you, that was one conscientious chicken! She gave
me my fortune BEFORE eating any of the grain, even though she was hungry.
And now, I come to the part where the chicken said "Thank you."
After she had eaten, she cocked her head at me, and then she plucked a second fortune and
handed (or should I say beaked?) it to me!
From then on, that chicken had a loyal customer whenever I went to Chinatown.
I never realized it fully until just now, but I learned a couple of things from that chicken:
Always say "thank you", even if you can't say it with words.
Whenever you can, give a little more than is required or expected.

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Semper Gaudete!: Try Contemplating Your Navel



Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Week of January 23-29, 2011

Books Read in the Past Week

"What Jane Austen ATE and Charles Dickens KNEW
From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life
in 19th-Century England"
{started week before last}
by Daniel Poole
(non-fiction)

"Papa's Place"
{started last week, finished on Sunday}
by Margaret Jensen
(nonfiction, Christian, [Protestant] )

"The Bad Times of Irma Baumlein"
{started on Sunday, finished on Monday}
by Carol Ryrie Brink
(children's fiction)

"Eight Cousins
or
The Aunt-Hill"
{started on Monday, finished on Thursday}
by Louisa May Alcott
(children's fiction)

"Betsy and The Great World"
{started on Thursday}
by Maud Hart Lovelace
(young adult fiction)

"The Betsy-Tacy Companion"
by Sharla Scannell Whalen
[Chapter Twelve,
On Betsy and The Great World
only]
(non-fiction, biographical)

Try Contemplating Your Navel

That's probably one of the last post titles you'd expect to see in a Catholic blog, but I was contemplating my navel today. In other words, I was thinking about my belly button, about
why I have a belly button.
I have a belly button because, when I was born, my umbilical cord was clamped off.
So from contemplating my belly button, I went on to contemplating my umbilical cord. I thought of how I received nourishment and oxygen through that umbilical cord while I was in the womb.
And the fact that I needed nourishment before I was born is, to me, another proof that life begins at conception. If life began at birth, we wouldn't need to be nourished while in
the womb.
"For Thou didst form my inward parts, Thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb." [Psalm 139:13]
A belly button is a wonderful reminder of how God provides for us, cares for us, from the very beginning of our lives.
So, yes! Try contemplating your navel.

Philadelphia police nab abortionist, nine others on infant murder charges :: EWTN News

Philadelphia police nab abortionist, nine others on infant murder charges :: EWTN News
I am angry, so angry about this taking innocent lives. And I am also SO GLAD, SO THANKFUL,
that these murderers have been arrested.
That clinic should have been named The Herod Clinic.

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Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Week of January 16-22 2011

Books Read in the Past Week

"What Jane Austen ATE and Charles Dickens KNEW
From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life
in 19th-Century England"
{started last week}
by Daniel Poole
(non-fiction)

"First We Have Coffee
and then we talk"
{started last week, finished on Sunday}
by Margaret Jensen
(biography, Christian [Protestant] )

"Good Old Archibald"
{started on Sunday, finished on Monday}
by Ethelyn M. Parkinson
(children's fiction)

"Here's A Penny"
{read on Monday}
"Penny and Peter"
{read on Monday}
"Penny Goes to Camp"
{read on Monday}
By Carolyn Haywood
(children's fiction)
[ One of my favorite authors when
I was a little girl]

"Little Men"
{started on Monday, finished on Friday}
by Louisa May Alcott
(children's fiction)
[I'm reading one LMA book a week,
in order of publication. I read "Little
Women" as it was originally published,
that is, as two separate books.]

"The Mystifying Twins"
{started on Friday, finished on Saturday}
by Joan Price Reeve
(children's fiction, Christian [Protestant )

"The seven 1/2 sins of Stacey Kendall"
{read on Saturday}
by Nancy J. Hopper
(children's fiction)

"It Happened to Hannah"
{read on Saturday}
by Ruth Rounds
(children's fiction)

"Papa's Place"
{started on Saturday}
by Margaret Jensen
(biography, Christian, [Protestant] )

Pope, rabbi express pleasure over coming beatification of John Paul II :: EWTN News

Pope, rabbi express pleasure over coming beatification of John Paul II :: EWTN News

How fitting that his beatification will take place on Divine Mercy Sunday.
And can you imagine the joy Pope Benedict will have in beatifying his
predecessor... and his friend?

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Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in The Week of January 09-15 2011

Books Read in the Past Week

Week of January 09-January 15, 2011

"Chevy Krohn, Model Camper (Almost!)"
by D. Shreiber
{started last week, finished on Sunday}
(children's fiction, Jewish)

"A Place of My Own"
{read on Sunday}
"A Pocket in My Heart"
{read on Sunday}
"The Fairy Tale Friend"
{started on Sunday, finished on Monday}
"Sunflower Girl"
{read on Monday}
by Marcia Hoehne
(children's fiction, Christian, [Protestant], series )

"An Old-Fashioned Girl"
{started on Monday, finished on Saturday. I love to linger over certain books.}
By Louisa May Alcott
(children's fiction)

"What Jane Austen ATE and Charles Dickens KNEW
From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life
in 19th-Century England"
{started on Tuesday}
by Daniel Poole
(non-fiction)

"Thee, Hannah!"
{read on Saturday}
by Marguerite De Angeli
(children's fiction, historical)

"First We Have Coffee
and then we talk"
{started on Saturday}
by Margaret Jensen
(non-fiction, Christian [Protestant] )

New Zodiac Signs?????

People who believe in astrology may now have to think for a minute when asked, "What sign were your born under?"
Click
HERE for the story.
If anyone asks me what sign I was born under, I will give the same answer I've
given for years.
"Maternity Ward!"

Not only Illegal

I pray for the day when abortion will be not only illegal, but absolutely unthinkable.

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Semper Gaudete!: Back In Touch, Briefly




Semper Gaudete!: My First Prayer as a Catholic




Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in The Week of January 02-08 2011

Books Read in the Past Week

"A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey"
{started week before last, finished on Monday. E-book}
by E. Readicker-Henderson (author)
and Ilona McCarty (photographer)
[non-fiction]
My next grocery order will definitely include honey in the comb.

"Longer Flight:
A Family Grows Up With Books"
{started last week, finished on Tuesday}
by Annis Duff
[non-fiction]


"More Adventures of The Great Brain"
by John D. Fitzgerald
{started on Sunday, finished on Monday}
(children's fiction, historical, humorous)

"Little Women, Part Second"
[AKA "Good Wives"]
by Louisa May Alcott
{started on Monday, finished on Friday [this one of the books I like to linger over.] }
(fiction)
I'm reading LMA's books in order of publication,
just one a week in order to stretch them out.
Also, I read "Little Women" as it was
originally published, that is, as two separate
books.

"Once Upon a Christmas Time"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
{read on Wednesday}
(non-fiction)

"Henner's Lydia"
{started on Friday, finished on Saturday}
"Yonie Wondernose"
{read on Saturday}
by Marguerite De Angeli
(children's fiction)

"Chevy Krohn, Model Camper (Almost!)"
by D. Shreiber
{started on Saturday}
(children's fiction, Jewish)

My First Prayer as a Catholic

Today is the 37th anniversary of my baptism into the Catholic Church. I was 20 years old at the time.
I knew that my first prayer as a Catholic would be an interior one, and I hoped that it would be something beautiful, something profound, something almost, note that I say almost, good enough for this wonderful event.
That, however, is not what happened. My first prayer as
a Catholic was neither beautiful nor profound.
My sponsor was a young woman, just a few years older than me, who lived in the same building. Because she was a bit nervous, she chomped on bubble gum during the rites. I don't think Fr. Conroy was impressed.
And so, this is what I prayed inwardly as the water was poured over my head:
"Please, Lord, don't let her pop a bubble!"

Back In Touch, Briefly

I just recently got back in touch, through Facebook,
with one of my childhood friends. We were very close at one time.
His aunt called my mother this morning and told her that he'd been found dead.
It's strange how, when you hear of the death of a childhood friend, the memories, the half-forgotten times, come rushing back.
How much time did we spend in each other's apartments? (We lived in the same building). How
many records did we listen to? How many comic books and ViewMaster reels did we trade? How many places did we go? How much mischief did we get into?
And how did we lose touch with each other for all these years?
Thank God, we got back in touch, although briefly, much, much too briefly.

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Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Week of December 19-25 2010



Semper Gaudete!: A Time To Remember


Semper Gaudete!: New Year's Resolutions, 2011

Books Read in the Past Week

"A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey"
{started last week. E-book}
by E. Readicker-Henderson (author)
and Ilona McCarty (photographer)
[non-fiction]

"Bequest of Wings
A Family's Pleasures with Books"
by Annis Duff
{started last week, finished on Tuesday}
"Longer Flight
A Family Grows Up With Books"
{started on Tuesday}
by Annis Duff
[non-fiction]

"Little Women"
by Louisa May Alcott
{started last week, finished on Wednesday}
[fiction]
( Read both off-line and online. I have an oversized illustrated edition. )

I'm reading LMA's books in order of publication,
just one a week in order to stretch them out.
Also, I am reading "Little Women" as it was
originally published, that is, as two separate
books.


"Turkish Delight & Treasure Hunts, Delightful Treats and Games from Classic Children's Books"
by Jane Brocket
{started on Wednesday, finished on Saturday}
[non-fiction. e-book]

"The Perfect Life"
by Vivian Sokal Miller
{read on Thursday}
[Novella, Jewish]

"Tam Morgan
The Liveliest Girl In Salem"
by Ruth Langland Holberg
{started on Thursday, finished on Friday}
(children's fiction, historical)

"The Great Brain"
by John D. Fitzgerald
{started on Friday}
(children's fiction, historical, humorous)

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
{January chapter only; read on Saturday}
(non-fiction, Christian themes)

New Year's Resolutions, 2011

I've made three resolutions for 2011

1: Read through the Bible.
I'm actually using three different Bibles, in different translations.
I'm following the daily reading given
in the Catholic One Year Bible, {The Living Bible] but it's not the Bible I'm actually reading; this version is not my cup of tea. There are five readings for each day:
Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, Proverbs (a very short reading!) and Deuterocanonical Books (in a separate
section at the back. )
I'll be reading different passages at different times of the day,
using the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition.
If I tried to read all five sections at one time, I'd wind up with
a hodge-podge, mish-mash, higgledy-piggledy jumble in my
head.
(Of course, I will also turn frequently to favorite passages and verses NOT
prescribed for that day.)
And the third Bible? That is the Catholic Women's Devotional Bible (New Revised Standard Version). After I read a passage, I'll check to see if there is a devotion for that passage.
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2: Read through The Catechism of the Catholic Church (online,
a few paragraphs a day.)
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3: Have a budget and stick to it.

Would you like to share your New Year's Resolutions?