I grew up making large batches of whole wheat bread. It was dark with molasses and while not dense was certainly not light. By the time I got married I had adapted the recipe to use sugar and white whole wheat flour. My husband loves multigrain loaves so I started experimenting and ended up with [...]
Author Archives: Rae
Philosophical Apology
Dear Mr. MacIntyre,
You know that I never liked your work. It was not your fault that I first encountered you through pompous “traditional” young men who had only read parts of After Virtue but still liked to cite you as evidence for the evil of modern Catholicism and feminism in particular. Once I actually began to [...]
Beauty of a Challenging Sort
I love to read Kathleen Basi’s blog for her portrayal of the difficult beauty of life. Kathleen approaches a raw honesty which is itself a challenge for blogging mothers who must present themselves as perfectly pulled-together; you know, women you can admire and follow. But I confess that one of the things I love most [...]
I am thankful 3/7/10
For flowers and spring in general.
Neighborly Noise
I use our kitchen table for my computer desk. It is against the wall dividing our apartment from our extra-noisy neighbors. You know, the divorced mother with five children? The one who seems to think that her children still have such a limited vocabulary that using “the F word” multiple times in every sentence will [...]
Frosting or Icing?
In my mind frosting is made with powdered sugar, may or may not be heated, and is spread over a cake or cupcakes.
Icing is made with granulated sugar, boiled, and then drizzled over a cake.
But my husband says that he has never heard anyone else in real life use the term “frosting.” It is always [...]
Quiverfull?
The Quiverfull movement is based on a fundamentalist Christian theology which teaches that one should have as many children as possible in order to transform the world for God. Some in the movement are providentalists, meaning that they believe that married couples should have sex as desired and simply accept what does or does not [...]
Posted in Life Tagged Bad Theology, Catholicism, Fundamentalism, Large Families, Quiverfull 27 Comments
I am thankful 2/28/2010
For the gift of hearing. My most frequent complaint (which I force my husband to hear) is about the noise from the apartment next door. They have five children and two dogs (one of whom is an oft-chided puppy) and apparently like to stay up very late watching television (on school nights). And I complain. [...]
Endometriosis and Me – Part 3
Lessons Learned from Endometriosis
I am usually pretty negative when I think about endometriosis, but I realize that it has given me some valuable lessons.
Money matters for health. I took a class on health economics in college, so I should have learned the basics of the correlation between financial resources and health. But I learned far [...]
Endometriosis and Me – Part 2
Improvement
About a year ago I began to try various diet modifications and supplements to cope with the pain of endometriosis. I was quite skeptical since I had previously tried taking flaxseed oil capsules and eliminating all the “foods to avoid” but needed something to do to make myself feel as though I had some control over [...]
Posted in Endometriosis Tagged B Vitamins, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cruciferous Vegetables, Flaxseed oil, Flaxseeds, Natural treatment, Pain, Soy 8 Comments
