Garlic in the garden, a new children’s book on the shelf!
This week I pulled the garlic! 100 heads here, and one more that was not in the rows. You know how it goes — you find a little shoot somewhere and pop it in a random bed…
Last year I planted around 80, and that lasted me all year. I still have some! So this coming year I won’t be conservative in my use. Lots of roasted garlic in our future! And these heads are giant!
I am hopeful about the rest of my harvest, but other than the cucumbers and the early abundant lettuce that is now over, it’s very slow in coming.
I wanted to share with you a new book from my son-in-law John Folley. The drawings are so charming and appealing! It’s called The Handsome Little Cygnet. (affiliate link)
This sweet story includes little hidden visual gems to appeal to older children’s sense of curiosity. The illustrations are lush and rewarding. So many contemporary books for children are ugly — their whole conception and execution is ugly. Why do we subject our impressionable young ones to these images?
John’s illustrations put ugliness in perspective, helping the uncertain reader make just judgments and reassuring child and parent of the rightness of beauty and order.
If you are up for it, maybe we can do a giveaway in a bit!
bits & piecesFor my reading list on the Pope’s recent Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes, restricting the Traditional Latin Mass, go to Happy Despite Them.A little late for Father’s Day, but to be fair I was not very connected starting then… but do read this inspiring and uplifting account of the incredible Venerable Aloysius Schwartz. Wrong presuppositions skew reality: A response to Eve Tushnet. As time goes by and gender ideology, by dint of sheer repetition, wears down righteous resistance, it’s important to make some space for the truth.Gayness isn’t in God’s plan and knowing the truth can set a person free, even from mental illness and emotional trauma.The “alternate to ‘conversion therapy’ is a slippery slope. It appears to accommodate not only disorder but sin. ‘Gay’ celibacy and ‘gay’ friendships are still unchaste. The Church must be clear. Jesus came to break the back of any and all moral disorder in our lives. Leave space for the Cross, and don’t crucify Jesus’ members who champion its power.”
Comma Queen: To Whom It May Concern: Does civilization depend on the proper use of “who” and “whom”?Why do you think we started homeschooling in the late 80s or early 90s or whenever it was back in the mists of time? Because these ideologies were already firmly in place in the classroom, and make no mistake, they pushed out something of great value, namely, an actual education. This is not about a possible threat; it is about waking up to what already exists and has existed for a long time: Yes, critical race theory is being taught in public schoolsWith the American Pediatric Society recommending that children — even the vaccinated — continue to be masked, I think it’s important to know that this is a bad idea — primarily for reasons not about health, but for reasons about health too: New study suggests mask mandates for kids should be scrapped: CO2 levels five times higher for children wearing masks, even for short periods of time, new study finds.liturgical livingfrom the archivesTurning away from the two-income trap, having the wife return to the heart of the home makes for some interesting skill acquisitions. You find yourself doing things you didn’t think you knew how to do! Gardening, housekeeping, cooking from scratch, and mending… and there’s a real satisfaction to this life. Yes, even something as little as repairing a hole… Some summer food in this post — including a link to the perennial fave, Eggplant Obsession!follow us everywhere!
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