So yesterday we covered the whole living-in-the-present issue, with me going on and on about how I'm always doing one thing and thinking about the next thing. I ...
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My latest OSV Daily Take post:I held my mother's hand as she took her last breath in our family room in 1988 after a courageous and difficult nine-month battle ...
When I saw that Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York was writing about so-called 'recovering Catholics' in his Catholic New York column, To Whom Shall We Go, I ...
Four years ago today my beautiful baby girl, Chiara Elizabeth, was born. The years have just flown by. When she arrived on the scene, I was so grateful for her ...
--1--We made our annual pilgrimage to Maui's Dog House, which has the best hot dogs -- including the best veggie hot dogs -- you will ever eat. That's a photo ...
We're still hanging out in North Wildwood and keeping very busy. Hence, the lack of blog posting. Plus I've got a very weak wifi signal, so I'm kind of limited. ...
I've been without wifi for the first two days of vacation, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. No email, no Facebook, no Twitter, no blogging. That means I've ...
Chiara is getting ready to hit the waves. Right now she's "riding" her boogie board across the family room floor and up the couch. This girl is obviously ready ...
Sitting at Mass this weekend, I was struck by a couple of lines in the readings. First there was Paul, who uttered the classic line: "When I am weak, then I am ...
When I was young, I thought everyone ate corn on the cob this way. Then a friend came for a visit and looked at us as if we had lost our minds. I don't care. I ...
--1--Short hair fever has taken over the Poust house. Olivia had her long locks shorn just yesterday. Here she is looking sophisticated yet adorable.--2--My ...
I'm already a big fan of U2, but here's one more reason to like the group, at least as far as I'm concerned. Bono says that U2's recent song Magnificent was ...
---1--- I am just back from my 5:45 a.m. yoga class. Great way to start the day. Too bad my teacher is away for the next two weeks. Will I get out of this good ...
I found this fun approach to summer on Whatever, a blog that has become a new favorite of mine. That's our list in orange above. My kids liked the idea so much ...
OK, you know things are crazy here when it's Tuesday and I've still got a Friday blog post up. Could have something to do with summer vacation, which began on ...
This is the first week I'm participating in something known as "7 Quick Takes Friday," started and hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary. The idea is that on Friday ...
On Sunday, I was at the first Mass of a friend who was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Albany last weekend. In all my years of covering events for various ...
Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi -- or, as it is more popularly known now, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. In the United States, this feast ...
Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi -- or, as it is more popularly known today, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ
Sometimes I forget that not all of my Not Strictly Spiritual readers see my Facebook feed as well. I post updates there, but you don't get them here. We've been ...