Who Is Nara Smith and Why Do People Find her “Dangerous”?
The “trad wife” trend has taken the world by storm and muddied the waters for any meaningful discussion of gender roles. Noticeably, […]
Finding the Spice in Life
Years ago, I read an article about an itinerant kayaker. A man of excessive eccentricities, the story of his life, what little […]
Spiritual Reading to Nourish a Mother’s Heart
I recently found myself the only person in a room who had not spent multiple weeks of the past year touring New […]
The “Good Enough Mother”: Tough, Not Cold
People who present a positive view of motherhood are accused of idealizing motherhood in a way that is somehow harmful. This is, […]
Taking a Lighthearted Approach to the Marital Debt
Because “the internet is forever,” I continue to get interesting emails and communication about the Catholic moral teaching on the marital debt. […]
Old Stories and “the Full Rapture of a Good Book”
Little Free Libraries offer an exciting array of unexpected finds. Sometimes they are a cause for concern, but sometimes the books found […]
Gerard Nolst Trenité “The Chaos”: A Poem to Light Up Your Gray Matter
We tried farro, which was good. An ancient grain, so they say, farro has a pleasant, rubbery texture, a nutty flavor, and […]
Jack Nicholson Reads “The Elephant’s Child” and Audiobooks that Ignite Imagination
Recently, through the riches of the public library and the benefit of antiquated compact disc technology, we have been revisiting E.B. White’s […]
Making Cozy Spaces (and Stories!) When the Weather is Bad
After writing about the coziness of British storybooks, a friend remarked that British architecture seems designed for coziness. Most of us (Americans, […]
Tough Mothers: Raising Children and the Development of Grit
As we have previously mused, there seems to be a necessary element of physical discomfort to develop grit. Our bodies are always […]