Advent is probably my favorite liturgical season: it is filled with great anticipation and yet with tremendous joy.  Not only is a baby to be born, but the child is to be the Savior of the world!   Experiencing pregnancy this year has given me a special opportunity to consider Mary’s life in the months […]

About two months into life with little Jacob out and about in the world, I finally feel like I’m hitting my stride.  It still hasn’t been so long in the grand scheme of things, but for Jacob, this is his whole life.  And for me, as quickly as days can go in retrospect, when you’re […]

I love butternut squash.  LOVE IT.  And with a farmer’s market just outside our building every Saturday morning, once fall was officially here, I was bursting to get a-cookin’ with some locally grown veggies.  Last year I learned how to roast a squash.  This year, I figured I could tackle some new recipes while at […]