Baubles

Ok, so I had big plans for this post – really dig up some great research on the process behind this consumer good.  But let me be honest, I ran short on time and I think it is important that this subject be mentioned in time for Valentine’s Day.  I think the point will remain [...]

Married in 1955

Today at church I sat in the back as usual with some friends – an older couple with whom we have really connected.  While holding Gabriel they both head up for the “Blessing of Life” celebration portion of Mass.  There, holding Gabriel, they announced they were celebrating their anniversary.  Their 56th anniversary.  Can you imagine?  [...]

Merry Christmas…

…from the desert!

Have a fabulous end of the 2011 and a bright and joyous start to 2012!

 

(Cacti courtesy of Ethyl M Chocolate Factory Cactus Garden…smiling faces courtesy of my wonderful family!)

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Teaching Thanksgiving

There are, I am sure, many ways that kids learn about Thanksgiving.  Classically, there is the story of the Pilgrims told in countless schools…complete with hats made to wear home and traced hands transformed into turkeys.  But how is Dante learning about the holiday?  Two words, my friends: Williams.  Sonoma.

In the onslaught of catalogs [...]

Recommended Reading: 11.14.11

Heading back into ink and paper reading today.

Have you ever had a flirtation with a book?  You see it at the airport and it winks at you (not in a skeevy way).  You pass it by.  But it finds you again at a bog box store.  Then again at Borders.  And at the [...]