Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and a growing group of Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks to RAnn for hosting! I've found some wonderful blogs here.

Semper Gaudete!: Scam Warning!!!

Semper Gaudete!: New Picture in, and Decision About, my Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Frustrating Candy

Semper Gaudete!: Farmor

Semper Gaudete!: The Gospel in the Digital Age

Semper Gaudete!: A Must See Episode of EWTN Live

Semper Gaudete!: Game Removed!

Semper Gaudete!: Walt Whitman Said It So Much Better Than I Could

Semper Gaudete!: Two More Magnets Ordered


Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Two More Magnets Ordered

I've just ordered these two magnets for my Decorative Magnet Collection.

Walt Whitman Said It So Much Better Than I Could

Mom and I were sitting outside on the porch a little while ago when we saw a little bit of light behind the roof of a recently-built apartment house across the street.  It was the moon coming up.
I murmured, "Lo! The moon ascending."  
When I came back inside, I Googled those words so that I could read the rest of Walt Whitman's poem.


" Lo! the moon ascending!         
Up from the east, the silvery round moon;  
Beautiful over the house tops, ghastly phantom moon;  
    Immense and silent moon."

 I discovered that this verse is actually part of a longer poem, and seems a bit different when read in the context of the rest of that poem.
(Someday I'm going to read Leaves of Grass in its entirety.)
I have seen many sunrises, but I have very seldom seen a moonrise.  And the fact that it was blue moon (the second full moon this month) made the event, for to me it was an event, an unexpected treat, even more special.

Game Removed!

I've removed  a game from the "Games and Puzzles" page because it had an advertisement that was not appropriate for this blog.

A Must See Episode of EWTN Live

I am really looking forward to Fr. Maurice's series!

The Gospel in the Digital Age

The Gospel in the Digital Age

This is a beautiful post with a great pro-life message by New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan.  I just had to share it.  
I've also added Cardinal Dolan's blog to my blog list, and subscribed to his tweets.

Farmor

 Lately, I've been researching my family tree from both my parents' sides.
 I never met my paternal grandmother, who is deceased now. She lived too far
 away, and somehow we just never got in touch. 
(My paternal grandfather died before I was born.)
Well, the other day I joined ancestry.com, and since then I've made a few discoveries
about my father's family, the family I never really knew.
I always knew that my father was born in Wisconsin, but now I know the name of the town: New London. 
I've known for a long time that his mother was of Swedish descent, but until a couple of days ago, I did not know that her given name was Estella (which is funny because I've always liked that name!) and she was born in Michigan, probably in Menominee Ward 7, Menominee, Michigan.  
Also, I never knew her maiden name, but now I believe it was Janson.  My reason for believing this is that her parents (my paternal great-grandparents) came from Sweden, as did the parents of the Estella whose maiden name was Janson.
But I haven't, so far, been able to find out what part of Sweden they came from.
And now, the reason I've named this post Farmor.  That is the Swedish word for one's paternal grandmother.  I would like to have called my paternal grandmother "Farmor."