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Pocket at getpocket.com is the mechanism Feedly has in place for saving articles that you want to keep from your Feedly feed. My Pocket page was getting quite full so here for your viewing pleasure are a few of my picks!
Storybook Woods shared a delightful post about her kitchen and her pantry – so charming! I loved how she re-purposed this old urn!
Darren Rowe with some great ideas about re-vamping your blogs via reviewing other blogs.
Let me finish by coming back to the motivation for doing blog reviews like this.What I’m NOT suggesting is that you review other blogs to simply steal other peoples ideas and replicate what they do.What I AM suggesting is that you will learn a heap by looking at how others blog.
He’s right. Blogging has changed so much in the past 10 years and there are so many new bloggers that there is always more to learn.
Fascinating insights by Penelope Trunk.
Old blogging buddy TS wrote a meaty post a few weeks ago that has taken me some time to unpack. This stood out to me, since I consider myself to be a casualty of Vatican II
Then read more of O’Malley’s history of Vatican II. The author is painfully biased on the side of the more progressive proponents of the Council but it’s a decent read as far as information goes. You do get a sense of how difficult the key issues were and I think to a certain extent both sides can now say, “I told you so.”
Progressives can say, “isn’t this so much better, especially given Islam, how we’re on the right side of religious liberty? And that Catholics are reading and studying the bible now? And that they can understand the Mass better? And that with less clericalism the flock is better set up to understand its duty to evangelize instead of just relying on priests?”
And the conservatives can say, “Oh didn’t I tell you? Look at how we’ve stripped mystery from the Mass, decreased reverence, undermined the authority of church leaders! Look at the statistics on Mass attendance, vocations to the priesthood and religious life…How much good did Vatican II really do?”
It’s yard sale time here in Ohio and it will be for most of the summer. The Simple Dollar had some tips to go over before hitting the sales!
I would add to that – hit the old neighborhoods too because there are usually a lot of things that kids will sell that belonged to their parents.
Developing Your Child’s Gift of Art!
Our surroundings are important. Things don’t just magically appear on the walls. Artists create these things. How many beautiful and inspiring pictures or movies do we see? Every movie we watch has an art director. What we purchase at the store has packaging created by an artist; an artist who is familiar with the elements and principles of art. To have a child who is gifted in one or more of the arts is very special. The importance of giving these children a good foundation in art is also important for their success in communication. We need to provide opportunities for enhancing their communication skills.
And finally,
Loving Literature and Truth – (something that will be sorely missing in the Core Curriculum.) By Anthony Esolen.