Thanksgiving and Chanukka

This year, Thanksgiving Day and the first day of Chanukkah  came simultaneously.
I am thankful for my Jewish heritage.

Life on the Rock - Thanksgiving 2013 - The MFVAs - 2013-11-28 (+playlist)

I love the LOTR Thanksgiving Specials!  Always great fun!

Throwback Thursday

Communicating with a Canadian Cat

This post is taken, slightly modified, from one of my old blogs.
More than 20 years ago, my mother, stepfather, grandmother, stepniece and I spent a few days in Toronto. On the first night, we saw a cat lying in a yard relaxing, not unlike the American kitties. Being a catlover, I greeted the cat, "Kitty kitty". The cat ignored me. I used all the usual terms of endearment people address to cats; no response. Finally it occurred to me that we were in Canada, and I said, "Meowez-vous français?"
And the cat looked up and meowed!

[Originally posted on December 22nd, 2010]

Four New Images in Rosary Art Collection

Today, for the Solemnity of Christ the King, I've added four images to my Rosary Art Collection.

Christ the King

born in poverty in a stable

Christ the King

Proclaiming the Kingdom

Christ the King

crowned with thorns

Christ the King

crowning His Mother

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Come one, come all to Sunday Snippets!  Thanks to RAnn for hosting!
I've discovered some wonderful blogs here.
Here are my posts for this week.

Semper Gaudete!: Woodcut added to Rosary Art Collection

Semper Gaudete!: Sticks and Stones

Semper Gaudete!: Obama Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Abortion Activist Gloria Steinem

Semper Gaudete!: Throwback Thursday

Semper Gaudete!: November 22nd, 1963

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 #

"Love God And Do What You Please"

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

adapted by M.J. Huber

[non-fiction, Catholic)

{Sunday book} 

"The Imitation of Mary #

In Four Books"

by Alexander De Rouville 

Revised and Edited by Matthew J. O'Connell

[devotional reading, Catholic]

(one chapter a day; more on Sunday)

"Little Men"
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]

{carried over from last week}

"Malleville"
by Jacob Abbott
[children's fiction, Franconia series]
(free Google e-book)

"How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences"
(I once wrote a nanofiction based on
a personal experience.)
This post is getting TWO labels!
"Chapters: My Growth as a Writer"
by Lois Duncan
[non-fiction]

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught"
by Neta Jackson
[Christian  fiction, (Protestant) series, multi-denominational and non-denominational]
{carrying over into next week}

This Week's Fan Fiction

23rd Precinct

Chapter 9 is now up.

Saving Stripey
Re-written and re-posted.

The Swat Heard Round the World
In this partly humorous, partly serious "Josie in Trouble" story, I've tried to show how rumors can spread and grow, and how quickly a message board thread can turn ugly.