Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

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Semper Gaudete!: Novena of Reparation

Semper Gaudete!: Enigma Device

Semper Gaudete!: I HAVE to Share This

Semper Gaudete!: A New Tradition?

Semper Gaudete!: Homily 2012-01-11 - Fr Joseph Mary MFVA

Semper Gaudete!: Shopping For Old Books

Semper Gaudete!: Picture Added to Collect

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Home in the Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, series, teacher, family, Ozarks]
{carried over from last week}

"Wendy's Private Life"
by Ruth Langland Holberg
[children's fiction]

"Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party"#
by Astrid Lindgren
[children's fiction, Sweden, holidays, picture book]

"Judy's Journey"#
by Lois Lenski
[children's fiction, family, migratory workers]
(Google e-book)
{Judy's horizons are stretched, and so are the reader's.}


"Amy Moves In"
by Marilyn Sachs
[children's fiction, city life, New York]
{this book takes place in 1936 and 1937. I was
able to ascertain this because Amy's birthday was
on April 24th, a Saturday in 1937. All I needed to do was
Google a few old calendars.}

"Of These Contented Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, series, teacher, family, Ozarks]

Picture Added to Collect

I've just added a new picture
to my Rosary Art collection.
I love the rays in this one!

Shopping For Old Books

Usually, when I shop for an old book, the first thing I
do is try to find a free online copy. More often than not,
the book I want is, indeed, available online for free. And, quite often, a physical
copy of that book would have cost me a beautiful buck. (I know the expression is
"a pretty penny," but what with inflation...)
If the book isn't available for free, I look for the least expensive copy, whether it
is an e-book or a physical, hold-in-my-hands book book.
Of course, I don't always find an affordable copy, and sometimes I don't find the book
at all, including on Open Library.
I love old books, and the format doesn't really matter all that much.
I love ordering e-books and getting them right away. Then again, I also
love looking forward to getting books in the mail.
Of course, the best part is actually READING the book!

Novena of Reparation

Please join me in praying this Novena
in reparation for Roe V. Wade.
And let's also pray that we will soon be offering prayers of THANKSGIVING for
the REVERSAL of that horrible decision!

Homily 2012-01-11 - Fr Joseph Mary MFVA

Football, overcoming obstacles, and two books I'm definitely buying!

A New Tradition?

A few weeks ago, I learned that there is a "Pippi Longstocking" book that I had never heard of before, a picture book called Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party. It was published in Sweden in 1950, but didn't become available here until the 1990s.
As soon as I became aware of the book's existence, I just HAD to order a copy.
When the book arrived, I put it aside to read after Christmas. That seemed
appropriate!
As I said, the book is a picture book, just one short story. But it was, to me, as
enjoyable as the full-length Pippi books.
I think I will read this book every year, at the beginning of Ordinary Time.