Ubi Caritas

The blog posts/week ratio is directly proportional to the length of the (non-blog) Things To Do List

2010-01-05T04:36:25Z

I should be packing. And cleaning. And vacuuming. And finishing the laundry. And packing. But I couldn't possibly not post this. It would seem that the Higher Education Opportunity Act was passed by Congress in August 2008. Never heard of ...

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2009 reviewed, and a look to the new year

2010-01-03T07:05:59Z

This year has been one of the most interesting years I've ever experienced. I've sung for a lot of people, I've found my place at a new school, I'm another 30+ hours closer to finishing my (undergrad) degree, I've met many people, made a couple o...

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A wand'ring diva I...

2010-01-03T00:56:22Z

This diva will leave for northern Illinois on Tuesday. Thank heavens--and I do--for marvelous friends who are willing to brave airport traffic/provide a spare bed. Likewise, I am very grateful for a store manager who, when told of family illness...

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Your prayers and good thoughts

2010-01-02T06:43:33Z

My father has diabetes, and is in generally poor health aside from that. He fell a couple of weeks ago, and has reported that breathing has hurt somewhat ever since. I call and talk to him usually around once a week, but have talked to him a cou...

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Reason #451 why I would not support government-run (fill in the blank)

2010-01-01T06:18:56Z

I'm a college student in a field that will in all probability require at least a grad-school degree to provide a steady paycheck, depending, of course, on what I end up doing. Ergo, buying a house/nice car/whatever isn't in my immediate future, a...

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In lieu of posting, may I offer you some books?

2009-11-30T19:46:44Z

I know, I know. Poor little blog, I have neglected it so. I will continue to neglect it for the next week, too. A snippet from Black Friday and Black Saturday at The Bookstore to whet your appetite: Me, turning away from the customer and sneez...

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Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T03:00:49Z

I am grateful this evening. I am grateful for the roof over my head, for my quarrelsome-but-sweet felines, for the chicken cooking in the oven. I am either having a bit of an allergy attack or I'm starting a sinus infection. Oddly enough, I'm gr...

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Is purty, no?

2009-11-24T23:17:36Z

The lovely and talented Flamingo Dancer posted a book review of a used book for which I am positively green with envy. The book was a biography of this diva (I wish I could have gotten film of her singing, but the recording will have to do...): ...

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What's this? Oh, my poor little blog.

2009-10-27T13:18:11Z

I have neglected you of late, blog, and I apologize. But after today, I will not have another exam until final exams in December. And yes, I do have a book review post to go up. I just have to WRITE it.

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Bean and vegetable soup

2009-10-19T02:29:12Z

Note: for those vegetarians or those Catholics who'd like to eat this on a Friday, I imagine that vegetable broth could easily be substituted for the chicken broth. You'll need: Olive oil 4 TB butter Balsamic vinager 2 onions 4 stalks celery 1 bu...

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