Title Varies Slightly

I’ve just gotten my second issue of a magazine for “young people,” which I’m thinking means middle school through high school. But I think I just may subscribe. It’s Logan Magazine, published in Spokane, Washington, and it will set me back $14 for a year’s quarterly subscription of slender issues.
So why would I do that? [...]

So. I haven’t been here. You might have noticed. Or you might not.
The semester change and all its chaos has washed over me life a might wave, and I forgot my floaties. But I’m back, and I’ll begin to post again a bit more.
Thanks for showing up at my playground again.

The Star Quest Production Network, which advertises itself (quite properly) as “The Best in Catholic Podcasting”, has claimed 3 awards in this year’s Podcast Awards competition, and a fourth show is in the running for the People’s Choice Award.
Check out the full story at SQPN. And if you haven’t tried SQPN’s excellent audio and video [...]

Courtesy of the Association of Hebrew Catholics, today’s novena prayers and meditation.
On Sunday, August 9, 1942, Edith Stein died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, and entered into eternal life with God.
Rather than my own prayers today, I give you the English translation of the mourner’s Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead:
Magnified and sanctified [...]

From American Libraries Direct:
St. Ambrose to remove bishop’s name from library
Why? Bet you can guess…
“. . .the removal was warranted because of the bishop’s failure to take the necessary precautions to protect children from clergy sexual abuse that occurred during his tenure as bishop of the Davenport Diocese.
They’re looking for a new name, of [...]

Courtesy of the Association of Hebrew Catholics, today’s novena prayers and meditation.
Today, we remember her arrival at Auschwitz, the place of her death.
The prayer below is my own:
St. Edith, you arrived at Auschwitz and were counted among the worthless, but you maintained your dignity. Join your prayers to ours, that we might  remember that we, [...]

Catching up on my podcasts, I discovered  LibVibe has just passed the one-year mark. Many of the Libraryland posts on this blog come from LibVibe stories and links. I’m always behind on my professional literature, but I can catch up with LibVibe in just a few minutes while walking to the bus stop. Thanks, Marv!

When it comes to what you like, you have your own unique tastes. And people don’t really understand them.You can be quite silly at times, but you know when to buckle down and be serious.
Intense and energetic, you aren’t completely happy unless you are bouncing off the walls.
You’re addicted to caffeine. There’s no denying it.
You [...]

Amy Welborn has an elegant new blog, Charlotte was both.
So, wrangle those links, y’all.

Courtesy of the Association of Hebrew Catholics, today’s novena prayers and meditation.
In today’s meditation, we read this interesting passage:
At Scifferstadt, however, a door might have been opened for a few moments, during which time, our Edith managed to recognize an ex-pupil standing on the platform and to convey to her greetings for her Sisters. “Tell [...]