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A peachy season, a coffee crisis, a reorganized pantry, and other summer fun (7 Quick Takes)

August 15, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Recipes

It’s peach season, and the peaches that made their way to my kitchen counter seemed not quite ripe enough for a peach cake. But sometimes you just really want peach cake—and you realize you have time to make one.

A tiny sign of hope

August 14, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

There in the nest was a tiny, perfect egg.

A saint for TV, a saint for today

August 11, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

It was Christmas Eve and she was too sick to go to Mass. So, Mass came to her, broadcast live on a wall of her room.

Do the impossible today

August 9, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Every morning I wake up and wonder whether I will be able to do the impossible.

Nutella and finches and other summer experiences (7 Quick Takes)

August 8, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Some weeks I wonder whether I have the energy and creativity to share 7 quick thoughts from our week.

The new nothing-but-normal

August 3, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

“This is the new normal,” people say about this pandemic time. But we do not have to accept the current situation as the new normal.

Birthday reflections, schooling prep, and St. Ignatius (7 Quick Takes)

August 1, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

I’ve been hoping to get a handheld mirror for the days when our deck becomes a barber shop for our family.

A review: Catholic homeschooling resources

July 29, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Kelly, a Catholic homeschooling mom of five, she has created some resources for homeschooling families.

Birthday kisses

July 27, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

When my birthday comes around, I don’t need lots of presents or cards or fanfare. I don’t have to have a party. I am happy just knowing it’s my birthday.

Talking toast, nests, ice cream sandwiches, and peach season (7 Quick Takes)

July 24, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

How do you like your toast? I like mine to be just barely toasted as if hardly touched by the heat.

When your life is an episode of “The Floor Is Lava”

July 22, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

If you’ve seen “The Floor Is Lava” on Netflix, you know how it works. A team of friends or family members races to get across an obstacle course decorated like a household room, working together and trying not to fall into the red liquid floor. Fall into the lava, and you’re out of the game. […]

The right place at the right time

July 19, 2020
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Ordinary headlights. Ordinary moths. An ordinary evening. But together they formed an extraordinary moment of wonder. As I watched, the car turned off its lights, the moths disappeared, and it was over.

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