It's Always Now

Michael Pollan on KQED's Forum

I really enjoy this show--and today's show was quite good. Hear the pod cast here.

Lent is from the German for Spring, Lentz.

So I haven't yet finished my eggnog and here Ash Wednesday is upon us. I really love the season of Lent, and Easter. It rivals my love for the Christmas season (I'm a Christmas baby and so have always loved this season, but as an adult Lent and Easter become really what life is all about.)

I will probably not be blogging much through Lent unless it relates directly to something truly significant, i.e. living as a Catholic.

Saint Joseph, pray for us!

my baby entered the One, Holy and Apostolic Church today.

Awhile ago I was thinking...

A picture from 2002. I think it was September. I am surveying all of Oakland, CA.

but made their bodies carrion

Why do I always end up going back to the beginning and find myself with the Greeks? Again, here with home school for oldest son (6.5 years-old) I find us talking/reading/ thinking about the Greeks.

The older I get, the closer Lent seems to creep to Christmas--anyone else with me here on this one?

I need to write a letter to my Godfather. I want to include a picture of my baby girl's Baptism. My Godfather is now a Cistercian Monk.

I made crackers today. It rained, a lot.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick

Picture a room full of librarians, cheering wildly. That is what this book does to people.
I couldn't wait any longer--I had to go rush out and purchase this book today.

There are so many really lovely and enjoyable books to read these days. Books that even ten years ago would have been very expensive to purchase. At 533 pages, this book is a feast for the eyes and the soul. It is a fine picture book.

But read it. It is an important book. It is a lovely book. So switch off this computer and open the book.