Summer is Winding Down

Summer is winding down, and before it is over I want to:

Re-read Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Go on the boardwalk and look at the ocean

(I'd have to go with Mom because of my balance problem)

See the Friday Night fireworks.

(Again, I'd have to go with Mom)

Eat Italian ices 

(I don't know why I haven't bought any this summer!)

Re-read The City Boy by Herman Wouk

I'm SO Glad I Found this Picture!

Street in Viznitz, near the Ringleplatz

My Baba came from Viznitz, so I am absolutely delighted to have discovered this photo online.
I wonder, did she often walk along this street? Might it even, perhaps, be the street where she lived as a young girl? And do the descendants of any of her friends and playmates live there even now?
These questions, I cannot answer. What I do know is that this is a little piece of my family history.

Approaching Two Collections From Opposite Directions

[The title of this post almost rhymes! LOL.]

The way I collect decorative magnets, and the way I collect "Break-Offs" are very different.
For my decorative magnet collection, I will often look for a specific kind of magnet, such as a bird, a fish, or a fruit. I spend money (not too much due to being on a fixed income) on this collection.
This is not the way I add to my Break-Off Collection. I never look for any specific item, although there are some I'd like to have, such as a handle from a dresser drawer.
I simply add items as I find them, and I will never spend money on this collection.
One thing I do with both my offline collections is to catalog them on my computer. Another thing, and this is the most important thing, that I do with both of my offline collections is.....

ENJOY THEM!!!

A Song I Didn't Know that I Knew

When I was little, I used to love watching Davey and Goliath. Yep, a little Jewish girl watching a Christian show! But back then, I wasn't really aware that it was a Christian, or even a religious, program. To me, it was just a show about a boy with a talking dog. After all, in those days, even families on secular programs talked about God, and went to church.
Years later, when I was at camp, I went to church in the nearby village with a boy I liked. It was a Lutheran church, and the first hymn listed was one I didn't think I was familiar with: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.    But when the organist started playing, I remember thinking, "Hey! That's the music from Davey and Goliath!"
And even now, I think of A Mighty Fortress is Our God as the Davey and Goliath music!

Homily 2012-08-21 - Fr Wade Menezes CPM - St Pius X Pope (Memorial)

This homily includes Eight things God will not ask us on Judgement Day.

Homily 2012-08-19- Fr. Wade Menezes -Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This is an absolutely beautiful homily, not to be missed.

Homily 2012-08-18- Fr. Wade Menezes - Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Great homily from Fr. Wade.