{bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
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This past week was cool and mostly cloudy, if not actually raining. That makes for great gardening opportunities. I’ve been transplanting and weeding, trying to get things in shape for the hot weather (which is moving in as we speak!).
Besides just company and the pitter-patter of little feet and general interesting times, a benefit of having family move in is that there’s a lot more help for projects.
I hope you are interested in the garden, because that is what I’m interested in! I’ll show you a little of what has been happening out there:
The Artist has been turning my compost for me. And the Chief took me out on a date with a manure pile earlier today — we have a neighbor with a great stash — it just gets bigger and bigger (and older, which is the important thing), and his horses are not given any shots that would contaminate the black gold.
Isn’t that a beautiful sight, that pile of manure there?
I’m still planting, so the little spot beside our porch has a steady supply of seedlings that are still waiting for me to find spots for them.
This past week I weeded the one remaining asparagus bed. The other two were gotten into shape by The Artist — he hacked away at all the weeds, covered everything with cardboard, and put wood chips over that. This is my experiment: I am planting some extra seedlings (San Marzano tomatoes and volunteer ground cherries) there. I pulled away the chips, put in a layer of manure and then of finished compost, and then put the plants on top of that.
What do I know — I’m just trying things! I have others elsewhere, so no great loss if it doesn’t work.
Truly, this is all I care about right now — how the garden is doing!
How about you? What are you up to?
On to our links!
A nice article about how kids in other, less hectic cultures willingly pitch in and do work around the house. I think to understand how we would implement some of these ideas, we would need to detach from our somewhat unrealistic ideas about how our life will look, if we happen to be the persnickety sort, or how little work we actually need to do, if we happen to be… er… slobs. See what you think.
Very faithful Catholics take criticisms from clergy very seriously. If a person is trying hard to follow God’s Law and help others to as well, they will be particularly sensitive to the charge that they are rigid, judgmental, and uncharitable. If, further, they are accused of an actual heresy, they may spend a considerable amount of time searching their conscience, convinced that this must be true. Fr. Thomas Weinandy (who wrote a respectful and serious open letter to Pope Francis) writes a consoling and rational — and pointed — essay to clear things up: Gnosticism Today
Are you familiar with St. Hildegard von Bingen? She is a doctor of the church, polymath, and artist whose music (I would say “sacred” rather than “mystical”) is lovely. I would take the article with a grain of salt (she was a scientist in the twelfth century, so would have no need to become one in our age), but it’s an introduction.
From the archives:
Someone who was getting married in two weeks asked me how to set up her home. That led me to some deeper thoughts…
What can children do? A list.
Looking for a substantial summer read? I suggest The Red Horse. It’s available on Kindle and you could get that as a Father’s Day gift with the hard cover version to come later (it is worthwhile to track it down for your actual library).
Today is the memorial of St. John Francis Regis.
A blessed Father’s Day to all!
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