A Catholic Millenial's Climb to God
I think most of us can agree that 2020 has been the weirdest year of our lives, and while there have been so many challenges, quarantine has given me the opportunity to read a lot of great books! Here are my Top 10 for the weirdest year on record: Mr. Dickens and His Carol, by […]
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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in it’s own way. – Anna Karenina, Part I, Ch. I So begins Tolstoy’s 800-page saga on life, love, and the complexity of the human person. Anna Karenina has long been given the auspicious title of “the greatest novel of all time,” and after spending […]
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Just a little photographic celebration of the fact that I am now a quarter of a century old! God has blessed me so deeply, and given me so many wonderful gifts over the past year, and I can’t wait to see what he has in store for my 25th year! “You can, you will, be […]
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“I find comfort in contemplating the sunflowers.” Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers. I’ve loved them ever since I was small. As they towered above me, cheerfully standing guard by the front porch, I was mesmerized by their yellow petals, tall stalks and large leaves. My mom and I would watch […]
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Don’t freak, dear reader! This has nothing to do with Fifty Shades of Gray! I’ve often wondered why World War II has become such a popular historical fiction topic in recent years, and I’ve come to only one sensible conclusion. It is simply that the men and women who lived through it are dying, slowly […]
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A Patch of Edelweiss 