Monthly Archives: December 2012
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The Best Books of 2012
Leave a commentDecember 29, 2012 by lucieromarin
People change; books are forever. So, here are my favourites of this year – and part of what makes them …
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Cholerics are Right! So are Melancholics!
1December 27, 2012 by lucieromarin
I’ve just finished reading a post on a new blog in which the writer makes two striking observations: 1) that …
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How to Make Amazing Fruit Salad
1December 20, 2012 by lucieromarin
Look, we have all of next year to talk about bullying, new patron saints, getting a career together late in …
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Irked
Leave a commentDecember 18, 2012 by lucieromarin
Not long ago, I was referred to this book, ‘How to Get the Man of Your Dreams’ by someone who …
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Maybe We Can Help
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2012 by lucieromarin
As I’ve never experienced anything remotely approximating Connecticut-magnitude grief, I’m reluctant to comment on it. At the same time, it …
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First Place; Pure Gold; the Supreme and Unsurpassed, Ruling and Reigning Queen of Unchosen States of Life
Leave a commentDecember 15, 2012 by lucieromarin
First place? It goes to the Venerable Cornelia Connelly. If you’re feeling that the Church has messed with your life, …
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Happy St Lucy’s Day!
Leave a commentDecember 13, 2012 by lucieromarin
Happy Feast! (St Lucy does not take first place in the competition for Catholics who ended up in lives they …
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Real Friendship: A Memory
Leave a commentDecember 11, 2012 by lucieromarin
This time last year, a married friend taught me a lesson about friendship, quite without meaning to. It stands to …
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Unchosen States of Life – the Silver Queens
3December 9, 2012 by lucieromarin
Second place in the search for the top three Saints Who Became Happy and Holy in Vocations They Never Wanted …
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Why He Took So Long
1December 7, 2012 by lucieromarin
So, yesterday, on the Feast of St Nicholas, I was reading the life of St Colette of Corbie (who is …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 