We don’t talk about COVID January 15, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary We don’t talk about COVID. No, no, no. I’m so tired of hearing about positivity rates and hospitalization rates and vaccination rates and… What’s that? You know where we can find home tests? What time does the shipment come in? And they put them right out on the shelves? Wow! Hang on, I need to […]
A lunchtime treat, what I cooked this week, and an egg surprise (7 Quick Takes) January 15, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Does anyone else feel that January is a very long month? But the days are getting a little brighter every day!
My mascot for the pandemic January 12, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How does the godwit know where to go? How does it fly so far without stopping to eat or rest?
Snow fun, brownies, a new washer, and a sequined sweater (7 Quick Takes) January 10, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window We enjoyed two beautiful snowfalls last week, a bit of a dusting and a fun few inches for play.
Let’s hold onto Christmas January 5, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window As the decorations disappear from our neighbors’ homes, we’re still holding onto Christmas in our house.
A New Year, more Christmas, and a surprise visitor (7 Quick Takes) January 1, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Happy New Year! I have never had much success with resolutions, but I do love setting the tone for the year. I let Jen Fulwiler’s Word of the Year generator choose a word for me—Hospitality—and her Saint of the Year generator pick a saint for me—St. Margaret of Antioch. Hospitality seems to bring its […]
Farewell to 2021. Thanks for all the (sort of) fun. December 29, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window A poetic tribute to 2021
The excitement of each new day December 28, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized As soon as the first daylight creeps into their cages, the finches are ready to start the day—and they think I should start mine, too.
A partridge in a pear tree and other Christmas fun (7 Quick Takes) December 26, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window Merry Christmas! Here are a few highlights of our Christmas celebration so far.
A Child is born to us December 24, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window There is nothing like the happy news of a brand-new baby.
When Christmas doesn’t go as planned December 23, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window Whatever your Christmas looks like this year, I hope you find your way to the manger, and that you encounter moments of beauty, hope, and joy.
It might be time to get ready for Christmas and more in 7 Quick Takes December 19, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window We aren’t ready for Christmas, but Easter’s in the bag.
