Category Archives: Slightly Frivolous
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Sport, and Why We Yell at It
4May 28, 2014 by lucieromarin
Creating a new life late in life has, in my instance, compelled me to watch hours and hours of sport. …
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A Lesson, with Magic
Leave a commentMay 21, 2014 by lucieromarin
At a bus stop on Saturday, I saw a young man with his girlfriend, both of whom looked as though …
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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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The Triduum Ten, 2014
1April 21, 2014 by lucieromarin
The Easter Triduum is done! Here are some things to love about it: 1. Young men amassing It’s like seeing …
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Piety versus Magneto
4March 27, 2014 by lucieromarin
The trailer for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ looks all kinds of silly (though I’m sure I’ll see the film …
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Australian Things to Like
1January 26, 2014 by lucieromarin
Today is Australia Day – a holiday to which I have never in my life paid any attention, other than …
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Catholicism is Fruitcake. Protestantism is Banana Bread.
4November 21, 2013 by lucieromarin
Today’s post was to be about post-Deluge theology. Then I read this post, entitled ‘In Defense of Fruitcake,’ and I …
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Ten Things that Ought to Exist
9November 12, 2013 by lucieromarin
1. A rest-home for the burnt-out and the broken-hearted. This has been a dream of many years for me, unfulfilled …
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Children, Improved: A Letter to God
6October 29, 2013 by lucieromarin
Dear God, Having observed, entertained, restrained, fed, cleaned and comforted other people’s children for some time now, I have come …
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The Perfect Outfit
3September 5, 2013 by lucieromarin
Evil! Evil! You know what arrived with my bank statement the other day? I’ll tell you – stuffed in the …
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