Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

"Percy Wynn
or Making a Boy of Him"

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(read online)

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
(Kindle book)

"The Story of A Soul"

by St. Therese of Lisieux

Weekday Books

"The Home Has A Heart"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[non-fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes,
anecdotes, recipes]
(July chapter only)

"Third Year at Malory Towers"
by Enid Blyton
[children's fiction]

"The Ocean Within"
"Tides"
{carrying over into next week}
by V.M. Caldwell
[children's/YA fiction]

"The Sara Summer"
by Mary Downing Hahn
[children's fiction (older children)]

"Heaven to Betsy"
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[YA fiction]

"The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck"
"The Tale of Samuel Whiskers: or The Roly Poly
Pudding"
by Beatrix Potter

[picture books.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

"Chelsea and The Outrageous Phone Bill"
by Hilda Stahl
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant {denomination(s) not specified}, series]

(openlibrary.org loan)


"Tarry Awhile"

{carried over from last week}

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

(Kindle book)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Another Post About Hats

I recently blogged about a hat I used to have, and one I'd just ordered.  Well, the new hat came a month later, from Malaysia.

I had no idea that it was going to come from there.
The hat arrived, not in a box, but in what looked like a trash bag.   In fact, I thought at first that it was a trash bag that had blown onto my porch.

As for the hat itself, it was wrinkled and creased.  I did manage to smooth out the wrinkles and creases, but it took awhile.  

Once the wrinkles and creases were gone, or, rather, ALMOST

gone, I put the applique sunflower I had in reserve on the front.

It turned out that one wasn't enough, so I ordered two more.

Now, was the hat shapeable?  Yes, but not very!  It didn't retain
the shapes I put it in for very long, and it soon began to look like a very old, battered hat.  Thank God it didn't cost too much!

I put the hat on a shelf with several other old hats.  And then I took down one I didn't remember having bought.  It's a straw bonnet, light tan or beige, rim longer in front, with red trim all

around the edges, and two holes on the sides where there used to be strings.  I think this hat originally belonged to Mom!

I transferred the sunflower to the front of this hat (on the crown), and added the two new ones when they arrived.

I wanted to do something about the holes, so I ordered these

cherries.

They were described as adhesive, but the adhesive part only covered a small portion, and was adhesive for about one minute!  And the leaves came off as well!

So what did I do?  I attached a single cherry to two cherries (it took a bit of twisting!), and then I pushed the stem part through the hole, so that the cherries and part of the stem were on the outside.  It looked good, so I did the same with another set of two cherries and one single cherry.
So now I have a nice, cheerful-looking hat.
The cherries will be on it permanently, but I still plan to change the trimmings on the front every few months.
I'm really happy with my newly-trimmed hat.. and yet, I must admit that I still miss the shapeable hat that was lost when I moved.

A Book I Never Finished

Less than a year after I joined the Church, I borrowed a book

called Saint-watching, written by Phyllis McGinley, from the public library.  I've just borrowed it again, this time from openlibrary.org, but, once again, I shall NOT be reading this book in its entirety.  I only want to quote a certain passage
accurately.  This book won't appear on my weekly reading list!

I remember being interested in the book, until I came to these
words on page 21:

"Then, as if to display the broad spectrum of sanctity, there are ignorant or clumsy-minded saints like prattling Theresa of Lisieux."

Ignorant? Clumsy-minded?  Actually, she was a subtle genius when it came to spiritual matters. 

I slammed the book shut, and did not read any more, nor have I ever read any other of Phyllis McGinley's works.  Perhaps I've
been missing out; I did enjoy her style until I came to her words
about my Patron Saint!

It may very well be time for me to give this writer another chance, to read one of her books. It won't, however, be a

book about the saints!

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(read online)

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
(Kindle book)

"Reproachfully Yours"
by Lucile Hasley

[non-fiction, humor]

Weekday Books

"An Old-Fashioned Girl"

{carried over from last week}
"Little Men"
(online book)
by Louisa May Alcott
[fiction]

"First Term at Malory Towers"
"Second Form at Malory Towers"
by Enid Blyton
[children's fiction]

"The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit" 
"The Story of Miss Moppet"
"The Tale of Tom Kitten"
by Beatrix Potter

[picture books.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

"Tarry Awhile"

{carrying over into next week}

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

(Kindle book)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Kitty in the Summer"
"Kitty in High School"

by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]

"Reproachfully Yours"
by Lucile Hasley

[non-fiction, humor]

"No Wonder They Call It

The Real Presence.
Lives changed by Christ in
Eucharistic Adoration"
by David Pearson

Weekday Books

"Little Women, Part ll
Good Wives"
{carried over from last week}
"An Old-Fashioned Girl"
{carrying over into next week}
by Louisa May Alcott

[fiction]


"First Place"

by Sandra Byrd
[children's fiction, Christian, (Protestant, no denomination specified) Secret Sisters series]

"The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher"

by Beatrix Potter

[picture book.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

 "When Esther Was A Little Girl" #
by Eliza Orne White
[children's fiction, historical]
(openlibrary.org loan)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"Kitty In The Middle"
"Kitty in the Summer"
"Kitty in High School"

by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]

"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography/autobiography]

"No Wonder They Call It
The Real Presence.
Lives changed by Christ in
Eucharistic Adoration"
by David Pearson

Weekday Books

"Little Women, Part I

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy"

{carried over from last week}
"Little Women, Part ll
Good Wives"
{carrying over into next week
by Louisa May Alcott

[fiction]

"The Patchwork Quilt"

by Adele de Leeuw

[children's fiction, historical]

(I read this book years ago and was

glad to be able to buy it at last!)

"The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle"

by Beatrix Potter

[picture book.( in

"Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales") ]

(Kindle book)

I love the references to her earlier stories!

"A Little Girl of Long Ago" #
by Eliza Orne White
[children's fiction, historical, published in the 1890s, set in the 1820s]
(free online book)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

My Friend Tony

And yep, I mean St. Anthony of Padua, whose Feast is today!

How many times have people prayed some version of the prayer:

"Tony, Tony, come around.

Something's lost and must be found"?

I know St. Anthony is ALWAYS helping me find stuff.

Years ago, when I had just recently converted to Catholicism, I called

Mom at work (It was her usual break time.)

Mom said, "I can't talk right now. We're missing an important file and

we've looked all over for it."

"Okay," I said, "call me back when it turns up."

Well, within five minutes she called me. The file had been found.

"Aren't you going to thank me?" I asked.

"Thank you? What for? You're not even here."

"I know," I said, "but who do you think prayed to St. Anthony?"

More recently, I was chatting with a couple of my online friends, and

one of them was going slightly nuts because she had misplaced something, and couldn't find it anywhere. I said a prayer to St. Anthony, and then typed,

"Try looking again."

She didn't want to, but I persuaded her. And then she typed, in caps

"I FOUND IT!!!!!!"

I wasn't a bit surprised!

Does St. Anthony ALWAYS get lost articles back for me? Well, almost! One morning I couldn't find my Rosary. I looked. I prayed. To my surprise, I still did

not find it. But later that morning, I received a brand-new, beautiful Rosary from a Catholic organization. I'm almost SURE I heard St. Anthony chuckling.

BTW, the lost Rosary did turn up eventually.

Of course, there's much more to St. Anthony than just running the Lost and Found! :)

St. Anthony of Padua

Updated in 2013 to add Fr. Anthony's very inspirational homily.