bits & pieces
Working contrariwise, as sometimes happens to me*, I made a big batch of sweet dough, stuck it in the fridge, and will now figure out what Christmas wreath/breakfast spirals/pull-apart breads to concoct with it.
*I had some eggs mixed with sugar in the freezer, left over from some project of Bridget’s; I defrosted them for another dough (a sourdough Panettone which I will probably report on after Christmas on IG) — and then some left over from that project, so needed to mix them up STAT. See how it goes? Nothing like multiplying projects to save a few little leftovers…
Any tried-and-true recipes? I gotta get going with it — it’s going to start rising!
bits & pieces
Just in case you are going to give your 11-year-old son a hatchet (and I would not dissuade you), a classic humorous short story alert.
The Last Supper, painted by a nun, 450 years ago.
The Spirit of the Liturgy at 20. Don’t forget that I have “readings” of both SotL’s here on the blog: Guardini’s and Ratzinger’s.
Junior Deluxe Editions of children’s classics — do you know these? Maybe they’d make good gifts for Epiphany if you can find them!
One friend wrote on Facebook that the locusts that St. John the Baptist ate were locust beans, not bugs — phew, am I right? But another friend, a scholar of Greek, took exception and wrote that no, they are bugs. Boo linguistic accuracy!
I missed posting this for December 8, but it’s worth reading (and listening to) now. Beautiful motet, wonderful and intelligent explanation. “If you already love sacred polyphony, read no farther. Just lean back, sip your wine, and let the music flow over you. But if not, bear with my attempts to convince you it’s worthwhile.”
I point you to good books for children, but also away from bad books. I myself don’t want to read Philip Pullman; thanks to Fr. Faulkner for doing the heavy lifting here. Do not give The Golden Compass to your children!
A quick exhortation from an experienced mom, to read the good, hard books with and to your kids!
Something to take to heart when you feel you have disciplinary problems with your kids.
The dramatic story of how Handel’s Messiah came to be written.
from the archives
Before the kitchen gets piled with dishes, give a thought to the flow.
Housewifely.
liturgical year
Christmas is coming, and I will be off the blog for a while — due to it being on a Wednesday, it’s unlikely I’ll come up for air until well into the new year! We wish you all a blessed Christmas!
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