Catholic Mother
I once heard someone say: “My grandparents could trust society to support their morals – today we are undermined at every step.” I know the feeling. After teaching, volunteering, and getting to know...
View ArticleInterior Life
“The soul that begins to have interior life appreciates the treasure it bears within its heart. Each day it will make a greater effort to deny admission into the mind of any image that prevents or...
View ArticleCatholic Life Support 2 – Books
Here is Catholic Life Support 2 – Books. These are new books written by Catholic authors. Our goal is to help encourage, support, and assist each other in our journey toward our greatest good – God....
View ArticleSimple Summer
I’m sitting outside on the back porch, while Merry, the cat – a poor injured stray we saved – is sitting at my feet doing what cats do…resting and checking out the world whenever the mood hits. The...
View ArticleGeorgios II
Georgios II – A Chosen People is published. Available on Amazon. Georgios II – A Chosen People “I know you will enjoy reading Ann’s latest book. I find her writing to be a breath of fresh air in...
View ArticleThe Adventures of Tally-Ho
The Adventures of Tally-Ho written by A.K. Frailey, author of The Road Goes Ever On – A Christian Journey Through The Lord of the Rings, The Deliverance Trilogy and Georgios I & Geogios II, and...
View ArticleHeaven and Hell
Mama cat with her four adorable kittens has taken serious offence at Red Hen’s incursions into their food bowl. While I watch the unfolding power-struggle, I have to smile at the innocence of animals...
View ArticleA Change of Perspective
Today’s Gospel reading was the parable about the talents and the sin of omission, so when the boys brought in buckets and buckets of apples this morning, I could hardly ignore them. It would have been...
View ArticleConsecration to a Loving Life
It happened again. A strange dog showed up, fought for a place in our canine society, won a position in our hearts and eventfully was claimed by owners who took him home. But probably not to stay....
View ArticleWhen a leaf falls
As I look out the window watching the autumn leaves swirl to the ground, I can’t help thinking about my brother’s death last week. There is a parable of sorts in every bit of nature; the autumn leaves...
View ArticleA Culture of Encounter
Sister Constance Veit wrote an article in the Catholic Times recently where she relates meeting Pope Frances when he showed up at the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington D.C.. Her...
View ArticleSanity
Here’s my most recent piece of “flash fiction” written for my Creative Writing Masters Program. Enjoy! Sanity Mom liked to say: “Everyone is crazy, except thee and me. And I’m not so sure about thee.”...
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Faith in God
I love history and I enjoy looking back at where we’ve come from – be it the 1660s with Samuel Pepys and Charles II or the 1770s with Jane Austin and her clear-eyed look at the sense and sensibilities...
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The Blessed
In this troubled world where it seems that there are very few heroes left, except the imaginary ones, it is nice to come across a real, beautifully valiant spirit. I was reading The Knights of Columbus...
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Websites for a Better World
There are a number of great websites which do a lot to make this world a bright, happier, more loving place. I came across one the other day. It’s called: Habits to Discover Success. There is a lot...
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Life in Lent
I have noticed a definite trend as I move through the homeschool week… On Monday morning I am speaking in active sentences packed with spelling words, circulating around the room, radiating energy and...
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The Adventures of Tally-Ho
While my husband was alive, we came up with a great idea to write a story based on the wonder of raising our kids in the country. It seemed so right, like an apostolate. We knew we had been blessed in...
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Lest We Forget
I came across this poem in my daughter’s reading book today. It is a powerful reminder of lessons learned…and forgotten. Written by Rudyard Kipling for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, it...
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The Million Faceted Crystal
Guest Post: By T. E. Frailey: A Young Person’s Vision In Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, Chapter Three, entitled: The Night Shadows, he wrote, “A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human...
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James Milford Parker III
I got a request to put this out. So here is one of my short stories. James Milford Parker III Death James Milford Parker III stared at the gravestone with his name etched out in block print and...
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