I love reading her blog posts! Today she posts about many things including a pilgrimage to this most popular shrine so dear to the heart of the Brazilian faithful.
Shopping at IKEA with Number One for his new apartment proved profitable for Numbers Six and Seven's room!
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Fredrick, 2008, The MIT Press. Product Description...and The Story of Architecture by Johnatahn Glancey, 2003 DK Books.
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...for his new life in Chicago.
They learned an enormous amount of guitar... the photo is from their final performance last Friday evening with their teacher, who labeled them as "sponges". Good label.
The alternating days of sunshine and summer rains have been wonderful for the garden! I am happy with the progress of our brick path. The lettuce has been fabulous. First time we plant Leeks and they are looking great.
I promised I would post when he won, but truth be said I beat him most times. ;-)
I meant to blog from the hospital... but my hospital-vacation turned into a full-time job. 
I could barely keep up with email.
She enjoyed the gorgeous Sunday afternoon outdoors, after having received the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. 
The Faraway Island, by Dianne Hofmeyr, 2008 Francis Lincoln Books, 32 pages. ISBN: 1845076443
Today we spoke on the phone for quite a while! She sounded good, happy and busy! She continues to decry the grayness and monotony of the concrete jungle... and to wash clothes by hand. We both talked about how she'll be very thankful for a clothes washer for the rest of her life!
The custom of decorating the streets for the passing of Our Lord in the Eucharist is very common in Brazil, especially in the state of Sao Paulo. My family lived in that state when I was in high school and I remember it very well. The designs are put together by volunteer faithful of all ages, and they begin at dawn to decorate the streets with flowers, colored sawdust, and many other materials. Ahh... Catholic culture!
I have been reading the Ralph McInerny series of murder mysteries set in the Notre Dame Campus. Fun stuff! The titles are all puns on Irish/Notre Dame jargon: On This Rockne, The Lack of the Irish, The Book of Kills, Celt and Pepper and so on. The one I am currently reading, Irish Tenure, revolves around academic intrigue all too familiar to this academic wife.I have seen, where a strange country
Opened its secret plains about me,
One great golden dome stand lonely with its golden image, one
Seen afar, in strange fulfillment,
Through sunlit Indian summer
That Apocalyptic portent that has clothed her with the Sun.
This morning I read in the National Catholic Register Blog that the upcoming British Chesterton meeting will bring up the holiness of the great author, and advocate for his canonization cause. For one, there were more than 130 people, the blog states, that were converted because of the fmaous writer. I'd say our dear Catholic Church has canonized some very unexpected characters-- I wouldn't be surprised if the jolly British author join the ranks.
Let's say this is in my reading list. I am crossing my fingers that my library will purchase a copy. They have purchased many items I have requested! I posted this on Pope St Nicholas V Yahoo group, a group that offers suggestions to be requested for purchase with your local library.
Finally done making and sending graduation cards, with the help of Number Five!
We picked the first roses from the kitchen porch... and they come inside to honor my patron saint, and also the patron saint of our acreage's gardens: we have three families gardening in our acreage this summer.Prayer before a Picture or Statue of Saint Anne
Dearest St. Anne,
it is you I wish to honour
in your statues and images.
They are the tangible representations
of the mysteries of divine love
that were accomplished in you.
The sight of your holding the infant Virgin Mary
brings to my mind a clearer understanding
of your role in Christ's Redemption of mankind.
You are the woman whom God the Father
called to prepare a Mother for His Only Begotten Son.
This little Virgin in your arm
will soon grow to be the mother of the Son of God.
Because you are her Mother,
you share in her privileges.
The amazing mystery of the Immaculate Conception
was accomplished within your body.
When time came, you gave birth to Mary.
Then, you prepared her for the dazzling role
of Mother of God which was to be hers.
Saint Anne,
the reason for your holiness
is your closeness to God.
You are the privileged one
who has been chosen to be the mother of the Mother of God.
Dearest Saint Anne,
pray for me and for all my fellowmen.
have special prayers and blessings
for the sick and afflicted,
for the hungry and needy.
Obtain for all men the priceless gift
of mutual love in God and for peace.
Amen
I finally figured out how to "screen capture" photos from the videos Husband took of my play The Pearl of Scotland.
It is so nice to have him at home this month. He starts his new job and life in Chicago in July.
My first win! A nearly impossible feat when Number One and Husband are both adversaries.
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