Meet Xerxes, duly named by Number One, the official namer of cats as far as Number Seven is concerned. A warmish Sunday took world traveler Husband outside for a Frisbee practice and provided a rare photographic glimpse of photo-shy Number Four. The Ba
nana-Raspberry Smoothie was the first outside drink of the season.
Dear Fr. Jenkins:We never dreamt we would be so torn: our hearts divided between celebrating the well-deserved accomplishments of our dear eldest son (first of seven) and standing up for the sacredness of life.
We are torn with the latest news about our son's upcoming graduation.
We concur with NDResponse.com: your decision, Fr. Jenkins, has placed us and the graduates in a very difficult moral quandary.
Reflect upon the experience of Archbishop Chaput having regretted his support for Jimmy Carter in 1978.
The President of the United States commands our respect due to the office, but Notre Dame need not honor each holder of that office.
Yes, Barack Obama has done something extraordinary in winning the Presidency, but that achievement does not absolve him of his repeated, open, vigorous support of and protection for the manifest evil that is abortion.
Are we are not obliged, in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., to judge Barack Obama by the content of his character rather than by the color of his skin?
May Our Lady, whose beautiful statute adorns the campus, and in whose hands and heart we entrust our son and daughter at ND, pray for us and help guide the administration to stand courageously for Life.
In Christ Our Lord,
Geoffrey M. Henebry, Ph.D., C.S.E.
Coordinator, Geospatial Science & Engineering Ph.D. program
Professor of Biology and Geography & Senior Research Scientist
Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence (GIScCE)
South Dakota State University
Ana Braga-Henebry, M.A.
aninha77@gmail.com
http://anabragahenebrysjournal.blogspot.com/
This group of boys in Lalibela was fundraising for a leather soccer ball after their plastic one broke. This young woman from Lalibela was tending goats with her brother on the roadside. She wants to become a physician. An afternoon view on Lake Tana near Bahir Dar. After a meeting with administration at Bahir Dar University. Left to right, Estifanos of AMA (Anti-Malaria Association), Mike of SDSU and PI of the NIH project that funded the trip, Hiwat of AMA, dh, and Melakamu, associate dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar U.
A Million Dots by Andrew Clemens, 2006 Simon & Schuster, 48 pages
Our house and our family, according to Numbers Five and Seven.| You Are Blooming Flowers |
 You feel truly blessed in life and can sometimes be overwhelmed with emotions. You have an artist's eye. You are always looking for beauty in the mundane. You have a good sense of aesthetics, especially when it comes to shapes and color. |
The controversy continues as my heart is sadly torn. Ralph McInerny mentions the first image that came to mind when I heard of these disastrous news: Our Lady, atop the dome, crying.
It is somehow a personal consolation to know that our dear Benedict XV is in a Portuguese-speaking country in Africa.
The windows were open, the breeze could be felt, and the kids cleaned their rooms with gusto. Spring!
Out of Darkness, the Story of Louis Braille by Russel Freedman, 1997 Clarion Books.
I took this photo one and half years ago inside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame. It is hard to believe that Number One is graduating and will no longer be there next year.
I apologize for the most dreadful video quality. Mea culpa.
...gets two 16 year olds excited about building molecules and begging for a photo at co-op!
Wonderful friend and blog reader Liz F. from Nebraska sent me this picture! It's a wave around here as well--everyone is making this bread!No-Knead Bread
Adapted from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery
Time: About 1½ hours plus 14 to 20 hours’ rising
3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting
¼ teaspoon instant yeast
1¼ teaspoons salt
Cornmeal or wheat bran as needed.
1. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add 1 5/8 cups water, and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably about 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
2. Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
3. Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with flour, wheat bran or cornmeal; put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour, bran or cornmeal. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
4. At least a half-hour before dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6- to 8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex or ceramic) in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from oven. Slide your hand under towel and turn dough over into pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but that is O.K. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. Cool on a rack.
Yield: One 1½-pound loaf.
The Library at Alexandria 2003, Clarion, 80 pages The Library of Alexandria was the largest library of its time and a major center for learning and scholarly research, particularly in the fields of astronomy, geography, mathematics, and medicine. Caesar and Cleopatra, Erastosthenes and Euclid, Archimedes and Alexander the Great are just a few of the famous people connected to its story. Today, historians still argue about how the library was destroyed, and no one knows exactly what it looked like, yet there is no question that the library continues to fascinate and intrigue us. This extensively researched look at what we do know about the Library of Alexandria features Kelly Trumble"s short, accessible chapters, and richly detailed full-color paintings by Robina MacIntyre Marshall. Together, they tell the story of one of the wonders of the ancient world, and show how its influence as continued long after its destruction. Glossary, suggested reading, selected bibliography, index.
Guess who is the fortunate family of friends to bring home today the worlds' most adorable puppy?
This is the most sui generis recipe, passed to us from dear neighbor Mary O. Daly.
My History group, made up of artistic girls, loves Art. So I am incoporating an artistic activity related to each chapter of Seton's The Catholic Faith Comes to the Americas. Today they learned about Lord Baltimore, the origins of Maryland, and about the Toleration Act and its importance to religion freedom today in this country.
Watching three brand new baby kittens and their proud mother is Number Seven's favorite thing.
Above freezing temperatures bring... tulips! Given by my thoughtful and loving husband, they came to bring to our art class some much-needed taste of spring! Here are some of the beautiful dry-pastel results! I have been reflecting on what our chaplain reminded us and it has helped me to bring into perspective some of my own rewards of teaching art at co-op: my class is made of wonderful kids, and I am able to speak, as Fr. exhorts, about our faith, anytime it comes up! What a gift! May we never take for granted the fact that we can permeate our teaching at co-op so freely and spontaneously with bits that help us and our students on our journey towards Him!
