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See yesterday’s post about Doctor Who…

claresiobhan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:16:42 +0000

…there’s a good comment from someone from Vox Nova. It’s the second one down. Long, but worth reading. Enjoy! (I think he tried to leave some links to follow, but they didn’t format through. I’ll see if I can contact him and get the permalink to his original post…)

Stack o’ Books: Number Two Daughter

claresiobhan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:47:01 +0000

Number Two Daughter is 10. I’m told that 8-11 year-olds love book series. My 10 y.o. is pretty extreme in this regard:

the Harry Potter series
the new Peter Pan series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
the Series of Unfortunate Events series
the Artemis Fowl series
the Magic Treehouse series
the 26 Fairmount Avenue series by Tomie DePaola
the Warriors series
the Nancy Drew series (she seems to enjoy the old editions better)

I’m sure there are more that are not coming to mind at the moment…

Interestingly, even thought there is an American Girl doll, which she loves, in the picture, Number Two Daughter has never gotten into the American Girl book series.

When I was a child the series I devoured were:

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators
(another good link about that series here)
Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time books
Hardy Boys
Doctor Who (Note: in my opinion Dr. Who is no longer suitable for children or teens. More on this tomorrow.)

A visit to the home of the Catholic Illini

claresiobhan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:30:38 +0000

Today I drove to my alma mater with the children for a day visiting Mom’s old stomping grounds. We stopped by the St. John’s Catholic Newman Center, which was excellent 20 years ago when I was going there and is still excellent, by all appearances. According to their website, 27 candidates from the Newman Center’s RCIA program were received into the Church this Easter. I consider it the place where I grew up in the Faith. Check it out online or if you ever visit Champaign, Illinois.

Clue

claresiobhan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:58:32 +0000

Why is it that Clue renders everyone in my family incapable of speaking normally? We all start talking like Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Clouseau, or Charlie Chan.

FYI: it was Professor Plum, in the kitchen, with the rope.

Easter Season greetings…

claresiobhan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:49:03 +0000

Nothing to post about today. Huge writing deadline. Must get to it. Hope you understand! Happy Easter!

Quote: Suffering in Silence

claresiobhan — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:47:37 +0000

No matter how great your sufferings are, your victory over them is in silence.
— Desert father, name unknown

Captain Kirk Pope Chair

claresiobhan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:55:56 +0000

Curt Jester was good for a laugh recently:

http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/008657.ph p

Thanks to Margaret at Running the Asylum for the link!

Holy Saturday

claresiobhan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:47:21 +0000

Just got back from the Easter Vigil. Is 10:47 pm. Am too tired to post. Probably no one is reading this anyway.

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed!

Doing my taxes…

claresiobhan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:09:47 +0000

…as Lenten penance perhaps? :)

Anyway, no blogging today–hope you understand! God bless you–attend as many Holy Week liturgies as you can!

Holy Restlessness

claresiobhan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:13:04 +0000

“We must be inspired by a holy restlessness…

…restlessness to bring to everyone the gift of friendship with Christ.” (Pope Benedict XVI)