Category Archives: Children
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A Dowry for the Wonderworker
Leave a commentDecember 6, 2018 by lucieromarin
If I ever attempt the making of a Catholic set of Oracle cards (!?), the deck will certainly feature St …
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The Pain of Plastic
1November 30, 2018 by lucieromarin
Recently, Australia’s two leading supermarkets decided to charge for plastic bags, with the alleged intention of reducing plastic waste. Drama …
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Burying the Cake – and the Alleluia
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2018 by lucieromarin
I’ve been ironing baby-clothes and thinking about this post by Dorothy Cummings McLean, in which she writes about what it …
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On Turning Forty
Leave a commentJuly 18, 2018 by lucieromarin
Single women raised in conservative communities dread their fortieth birthdays. (I don’t know if the same is true for men; …
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Wounded Witches, Pro-Life Pagans
Leave a commentJune 11, 2018 by lucieromarin
When I turned fifteen, a Catholic adult gave me a book about how to summon demons. It was based on …
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Interesting Questions I’ve Been Asked
4August 7, 2014 by lucieromarin
Questions about the faith arrive in all kinds of ways. Bitter experience has taught me that if a guy asks …
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The View from the Loft
2July 16, 2014 by lucieromarin
The obvious piece of advice to give anyone thinking of joining a liturgical choir is this… don’t do it! Are …
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Oils, Books, Treasure
Leave a commentMay 17, 2014 by lucieromarin
Well, despite my clarion call to women to resist the temptation to fret about beauty, I found myself this morning …
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Notes Trivial and Triumphant
2March 21, 2014 by lucieromarin
It’s difficult to know how much personal detail to share on a blog. Too much is boring to read and …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 