Ice and snow, last-minute Valentine’s Day cards, pickle opinions, and a poem for you (7 Quick Takes) February 15, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window One morning I went out to start the car and realized it was encased in ice. I tried to open the door to turn on the engine and start defrosting the windows, but I couldn’t get it open.
When you throw a pig party for Chinese New Year February 11, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window When we first started celebrating the Chinese New Year, we put a plastic toy tiger on a cake, sliced the cake with a few cousins, and called it a party.
Father Pedro Arrupe, Chinese New Year celebrations, a fiery feta dip, and a lesson in humility (7 Quick Takes) February 7, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Do you know Pedro Arrupe? He was a Spanish Jesuit, and he served as the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Year of the Pig! February 4, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window The Year of the Pig, which begins today, comes every 12 years, so I’ve lived through a couple of them. But this is the first one I’ve celebrated.
Find extraordinary in the ordinary February 4, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church We can encounter God in the awesome majesty of a mountaintop sunrise or a scrunched bouquet of dandelion’s in a child’s fist.
Snow day art projects, spaghetti for dinner, pigs for Chinese New Year, prayer cards, and dip (7 Quick Takes) February 1, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It has been cold this week, though not as cold as it has been in some parts of the country. I couldn’t make outdoor play possible every day, but we did have scissors and colored paper.
Crossing a bridge January 30, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window There’s something about the Bay Bridge.
Let the little children come to Mass January 29, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Children at Mass aren’t Catholics in training. They are Catholics. They are already members of our community. As one of our favorite priests once said, “Children aren’t the future of the Church. They are the Church.”
Board game fun, spiritual gifts, four-day weeks, Pokemon, and homemade soup (7 Quick Takes) January 24, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We are at this magical age where we can play family board games with a fair amount of success.
Yummy Imperfection: Trying a Koobideh kabob recipe January 21, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes I’m always interested in duplicating a favorite dish at home to save a little money—and also because it’s fun to see what we can create ourselves.
Snow days, snowman building, a reading assignment, preparing for the Year of the Pig, and more (7 Quick Takes) January 17, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window With snow last weekend and more expected this weekend, we are all in snow mode.
The year an ice storm canceled my calculus exam January 15, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I was a senior in high school, and I was failing calculus. I had to be. I hadn’t understood a word the teacher had said for months, and I couldn’t recall passing a single quiz.
