Living Simply
This is far and away my favorite season for its metaphors of darkness and light, Love Incarnate, and illustrations of God-with-us. I’m snatching this unexpected window for writing, as the baby finally fell asleep as it was time to leave for Mass, second-hand tea bag steeping in the stolen quiet while the rest of the gang drove off in the frosted car
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Nearly 55% of water usage in the Denver metro goes directly to watering lawns. To wean residents from this irresponsible practice, our city offers grants to homeowners interested in reducing their lawns. I applied for this (free plants) and was delighted to learn that we qualified. Especially on the heels of our construction project that […]
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Stewardship is something I write a great deal about as a bee keeper, an environmentalist, and a Catholic, because on principle, it is a responsibility and good practice. Living simply (financially) is also very much a part of how we do what we do in a one income home while employed by a non-profit. Interestingly […]
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Happy Earth Day! I hope you get to embrace it by taking a hike–or a travel mug; biking to work, or upgrading to paperless billing–however you like to celebrate the day! Last month, before all of this quarantine business got underway–which is having a strangely positive impact on the planet– I was invited to speak on the spiritual […]
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I don’t mean to brag, but we eat a lot of leftovers in this house. Don’t get me wrong, none of them are Pinterest-worthy. I blame it on my work-study job in the school cafeteria, and my days of ‘gleaning’ groceries at their pull date to feed a large volunteer group. I can work with just about […]
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Ever notice how October is a bit of a glory hound? It comes in with a blaze, still warm afternoons, pumpkin spiciness, grinning jack-o-lanterns, kids in costume, and we hungrily eat it up. November feels a bit somber by comparison–especially if you’re Catholic. Bang! As soon as you turn the page on the calendar, we dedicate two […]
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As we continue to delve into this theme of Catholic Social Teaching, I want to point out several Scriptural references to help lay the framework for the understanding that stewardship is a hallmark of our identity not just as Catholics (as Catholic Social Teaching could imply), but as children of God
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Since Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si (In Praise of Creation) was published in 2015, there has been renewed energy around the topic of our very real responsibility to take a vested interest in the welfare of our planet–and all who depend upon its resources. It has sparked more than a little controversy
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As I sit down to write, my husband is refereeing the battle going on upstairs between sisters—it seems an appropriate time to reflect gratefully on the next week we’ll have together with no school. I don’t have a sister, so this is my first formal taste of the squabbling, and whew! It is fierce and […]
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Grateful for the space I’m finally sitting down to write after nearly a week of making room for a voracious stomach bug in this house. In a series of unfortunate events, my husband and I both woke to this little demon on the same night–hours apart from one another. This novel occurrence hasn’t come up […]
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