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Houston Catholic New Media Meetup – Thursday, February 9
Hey there, Internet friends! All you Catholic blogger types and new media fans are invited to a Houston-area Catholic New Media Meetup! Date: Thursday, February 9 Time: 7:00-9:00ish Place: Freebirds...
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7 Quick Takes, Swim Cap Office Supply Edition
— 1 — VICTORY IN OUR TIME: This week, the kids started swimming lessons at the YMCA. Yesterday, I woke up late and hadn’t done any laundry, so I had nothing to wear. (And I don’t mean “nothing cute...
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Laura Berquist is Coming to Houston!
Public Service Announcement for all you homeschoolers, Catholic parents, Catholic homeschoolers, and people who enjoy listening to smart people: the remarkable Laura Berquist is coming to Houston!...
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Seven Quick Takes-a-roo
— 1 — Whee! TGIF! TGIt’s closer to the end of August, because this month is absolutely jam-packed with projects for me. I’m super-busy in a good way, but it’s still a bit more than I like to have on...
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What My Parish Does Well
I love our parish. I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and the recent posts from Calah, Elizabeth, Also Elizabeth, and Melanie have me reflecting on the simple things that our parish does well...
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Snapshots, Sun Flare, and a New Hobby
“Wait – why are you going to a class? You’re not going to have another job, are you?” This is the level of support I get, here at home, from certain sectors. Sectors under 12. I can’t blame him,...
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Agnus Dei
Image via Wikimedia Commons We went to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston this morning for the first time—they’ve had a traveling exhibition of Spanish painting on loan from the Prado and we’ve been...
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Seven Quick Takes: Vote for My Kid Edition
— 1 — Behold the Math Ninjas: My son and his friends just submitted their entry for the Mathcounts Math Video Challenge. It’s a five-minute explanation of a probability problem that somehow blossomed...
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Of Math and Tigers, with Side of Pirate Pants
The end of the school year is my favorite place for dreaming, because I can lift my eyes unto the hills of a new dawn — a brighter day — a September when we shall all be made new in the shining...
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Homeschool Travels and Handmade Treasures Along the Silk Road
We are very fortunate in the Houston area to have access to a series of homeschool family workshops at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. There are six workshops during the school year, and they fill...
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Shakespeare’s Globe On Screen (and offscreen Shakespeare adventures)
Thanks to Melanie’s posts about teaching Shakespeare to children, I learned about the Shakespeare’s Globe On Screen series, in which performances from the Globe Theatre are broadcast in high...
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