{bits & pieces} ~ and a new grandbaby!
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
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Just getting back from a visit with some grandchildren, including our newest in our Nick’s family, Nicholas Fitz! He is a darling who no one can put down — we had such a wonderful time snuggling with him!
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals! Two winners from the blog and one from my IG post. Do share, please! We appreciate it so much. We’ll pick winners on Thursday.
I had a lovely interview with Amber O’Hearn on her podcast, Diapers and Disciples! We talked at length about homeschooling and particularly living the liturgical life at home, the means by which we help our children grow in faith — and ourselves too. I would be honored if you would give a listen — it goes live Monday morning!
On to our links! (I don’t have anything here about the current crisis, not because I don’t want to address it, obviously, but because it’s too hard right now to post something definitive about it that expresses what I think. You can follow me on Facebook if you want to join the conversation there and see what I share — my posts are public.)
Lost city in rural Kansas?
Seven misunderstandings about classical architecture.
I always say, reading about C. S. Lewis is the next best thing to reading C. S. Lewis, and this post is about how he came to renew his interest in science fiction. I remember this, quoted here: “Bigness in itself is of no imaginative value: the defence of a ‘galactic’ empire is less interesting than the defence of a little walled town like Troy.”
What is sacred art?
This article is about effeminacy in the seminary, but I think it’s worth a read for parents in general. I would say that in our society, women dominate the raising of children in an unhealthy way, and I would even venture to say that homeschooling can exacerbate this defect. We need to understand how boys should act and how we can make it possible for them to avoid effeminacy (pro-tip: let Dad have his way; try not to interfere). I am not talking about a stupid macho brute mode, but about normal male behavior that has become unacceptable to our feminized culture. The article explains very well what is at issue here.
Fr. Rutler on tattooing.
The restoration of a church that I’m sure many of us would have been grateful for in its “before” (actually “during”) state, so impoverished have we become; now it’s glowing. The final note indicates that the altar rails are back in use!
From the archives:
The moral education of children (this is a series).
A book you should read, if you are up for an epic, soul-jarring historical novel about Italy in WWII that plunges you into the heart of the struggle between heaven and earth.
Two saints today, St. Louis IX and St. Joseph Calasanz.
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