Today isn’t just a National Day, it’s an International Day. Earth Day was created to bring attention to the environment, and our responsibility not only to ourselves, our children, our grandchildren, but to generations to come. Preserving our natural wildlife is important. Sustainable – that’s the real key.
Continue reading “Celebrate Earth Day with Springtime Ravioli”What Can I Say?
Today just happens to be Hubby’s favorite “Candy” Day. Chocolate Cashew Clusters are his go-to treat anytime we wander into a real candy shop. He’s even been known to make them all on his own – with much pride I might add.
Continue reading “What Can I Say?”One Pot Monday
For those of you who have been around a while, my posts are rarely written “on the fly”. Well, well in advance I’ve researched the dish, given thought to the theme and written my share. Only a day or two ahead of a posting do I tweak anything due to current events.
Continue reading “One Pot Monday”Listen to the Beat of Southern Drums
Okay, so I’m not talking about drums but rather Drumsticks. Yeah, Southern Drumsticks. These delicious drumsticks are at the center of today’s Sunday Supper.
Continue reading “Listen to the Beat of Southern Drums”Embrace This Beautiful Morning
Children are so innocent in their beliefs. They view the world as it should be.
Continue reading “Embrace This Beautiful Morning”Your Huddled Masses
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
Continue reading “Your Huddled Masses”A Beautiful Saint
Today is the feast day of Saint Bernadette. When I was a young girl I saw a movie about her life. The one thing that stuck with me was how this beautiful Saint died.
Continue reading “A Beautiful Saint”Yet We Still Remember
One Hundred and Fourteen years, that’s how long it has been since the Titanic slipped into her icy grave. Yet we are still drawn to her, reliving that single voyage over and over again on the flickering screen.
Continue reading “Yet We Still Remember”Sloppy Joe Dogs
Today is National Gardening Day. The weather around these parts is so beautiful in April. Nothing compares to spring. This year putting in our garden is going to be different.
Continue reading “Sloppy Joe Dogs”What a Peachy Keen Day!
Before we get into today’s delicious share, I’d like to talk for a moment. Years ago when Hubby and I were in the process of building a custom home every time something new arrived, I’d call all the neighbors together to show them what we had done.
Continue reading “What a Peachy Keen Day!”Are Compassion and Mercy the Same?
Today is the Second Sunday of Easter; Divine Mercy Sunday. What does that mean in a literal sense? Are Mercy and Compassion interchangeable? Compassion involves kindness and requires empathy. Does mercy contain these same elements?
Continue reading “Are Compassion and Mercy the Same?”A Beautiful Easter Saturday
Yesterday was Easter Friday. It was a day to commemorate all that had transpired on Good Friday, to take stock and recommit our lives to Christ. Today is Easter Saturday. This is a day set apart for quiet reflection.
Continue reading “A Beautiful Easter Saturday”Easter Friday with a Purpose
Just one more day before we reach the end of the Easter Octave, but far from the end of the Easter Season. That’s okay, this is such a beautiful time to be alive in the Secular world. There are colors everywhere. I love springtime.
Continue reading “Easter Friday with a Purpose”Embracing a Beautiful Easter Thursday
Today is the 1st Thursday of Easter Week. So much as happened in such a short amount of time. It was just a week ago today that Christ instituted the Holy Mass with the Eucharist at the Last Supper.
Continue reading “Embracing a Beautiful Easter Thursday”A Glorious Easter Wednesday
In the days immediately following Easter Sunday, the daily readings of the Mass center around miracles that happened after Christ’s resurrection. (As though conquering death wasn’t enough!) On weekday Masses there are only two readings assigned – the 1st Reading and the Gospel.
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