My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes) March 26, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Can you go to your parents’ house and come home empty-handed? Me neither. I came home with a bag of my father’s homemade cookies, a copy of the newspaper with our wedding announcement in it, a few wedding photos I had forgotten about, and printouts of our online guestbook. I don’t even recall having […]
“Are you sitting down?” March 24, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How we share information matters. That’s why people put so much care into marriage proposals and pregnancy announcements.
Half-birthdays for finches, corned beef, and that time I won an award (7 Quick Takes) March 20, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Our two baby finches celebrated their half-birthdays this week.
Missing out again March 18, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I met the anniversary of the last day of in-person school with eyes wide open—bracing myself for that weight. But I’m realizing that missing out on experiences for the second time might be harder.
Pie for Pi Day, gołąbki, drive-through confession, and Harry & Meghan (7 Quick Takes) March 13, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Pi Day is March 14, and the only question is how much pie—and which flavors—are we going to bake and eat this weekend.
Oh, no! My favorite restaurant is closing. March 10, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I couldn’t believe it when we heard the news. Dimitri’s International Grille in Catonsville, Md., is closing.
Treats for a Sunday, toy trains, and other pandemic fun (7 Quick Takes) March 5, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Did we give up desserts for Lent? Maybe? Probably? But Sundays are Sundays. So, this past Sunday I was thinking of making homemade apple pie. Then I thought of Rice Krispie treats—so much easier and faster to make. They were even more popular than the pie would have been, and they took hardly any […]
The fish-stick dilemma March 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Lent, The Domestic Church As we focus on growing closer to Jesus, may we carve out time and opportunities to walk with him in joy. If that happens to include fish sticks for dinner, let me know what time I should be there.
Washing dishes for Lent March 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window We are blessed to have dirty dishes to wash.
A Lent full of promise, steak success, cooking with children, and more (7 Quick Takes) February 27, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This Lent holds a different kind of hope and promise.
Pandemic Stories (or why there’s a Nerf gun in the tub) February 25, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Our daily lives are different in so many ways, transformed suddenly almost a year ago and then evolving bit by bit every day.
A pandemic Lent, ox cookies, and Valentine’s gifts (7 Quick Takes) February 19, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window In many ways, it feels we have been in one long Lent for almost a year now.
