Here at Snoring Scholar, you'll find marriage and motherhood, book talk and rambling remarks, observations and distractions, in the midst of life in rural Ohio on a farm, with kids, critters, and Catholic flair.
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Outside my window: The moon was hovering over the western horizon as a big tangerine. My seven-year-old pointed it out to me as we were waiting for the bus. I can’t get the image of it out of my mind. The light outside is still soft and new, but won’t be that way for long. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'home life'
A Monday Daybook
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Books, daybook
Tags: daybook·fiction·home life·James Anderson·life in the present moment·Mark Sebanc·reading·Seth Godin
Celebrating Advent: An Advent Wreath Carnival Link-up (with updates)
December 15th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Carnivals, links
Advent is a season that fills me with love and hate, in almost equal amounts. I love the idea. I hate the reality. But I’ve come to find, especially this year, that I can choose my attitude (hard though that may be so often) and thus, my reality. Hosting this carnival is one way that [...]
The “Off the Grid” Daybook
October 15th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Books, daybook, family
Outside my window: The sun’s just finishing it’s pink explosion in the sky, and the wind is whipping the leaves off the big oak in the backyard. The corn’s waving at me from the walls it makes around our yard. Around the house: The kids are up, though the baby’s still cooing in his crib and [...]
Tags: Books·daybook·Elizabeth Ficocelli·family·Gerard Webster·home life·Quotes·reading
A Corner of My Own
September 26th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Inspired by Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post In our new house, I find myself with my own room. It’s a bit disconcerting, and I feel a bit guilty about it. But…I needed a place for my desk and, really, a place to do my writing work (and pay the bills). And here it is, in its very [...]
Greener Pastures
August 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Inspired by Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post It doesn’t take much for me to long to be where the grass (appears to be) greener. Every so often, though, I get a chance to actually go where the grass is greener. Like across the street. Into a brand-spankin-new (to us) house. We are still shaking our heads over [...]
