While my husband labors today at his trade of sharing the love of wisdom, I have been doing my normal work of home schooling the kids and ...

My stock Advent wreath photo.. this is a few years old...but looks the same this year! 1. One of the goals I have in setting family tra...

I love that I was assigned to write about St. John the Baptist today. I have a special connection to him my whole life having been born two ...

On a recent road-tripping holiday with my family, we immersed ourselves in Howard Pyle’s land of fancy in the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood...

Today, in the Traditional Roman Catholic calendar, is the octave day of the Nativity of John the Baptist and the Feast of the Most Precious ...

We made it to the 7:30 am TLM/EF Low Mass at St. Agnes for the first time since the fourth Sunday of Lent. We wimped out and opted for the ...

Candlemas day is one of my favorites, especially this year. I am really glad I live in a part of the world (Northern Hemisphere) where Chris...

I'm linking up with Kelly at This Ain't the Lyceum a few days late for Seven Quick Takes. 1. We have been home for two weeks now, ...

Merry Christmas from the Spencers to you all. After being sick for all of Advent, (week one: a cold, week two: I had strep throat, week th...

And by the baby, I mean the Newborn King, the Little Lord Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity who became Mary's little Child. I al...

Every year I pull out the sewing machine in October to make costumes. Our kids dress up as saints and go to a really cute All Saints party...

Today is the Feast of Pope St. John Paul II. Very cool day and very cool saint. But what makes it so significant in our house is that it is ...

  1. Happy Easter! We survived all three long liturgies of the Triduum! We were ready early, so it was the perfect time to take a family p...

Presentation of Christ at the Temple by Hans Holbein the Elder The Presentation of Our Lord, traditionally known as the Purification ...

Happy Patronal Feast day to my philosopher husband! _____________________ And a quick note: I am now an Amazon affiliate, so if yo...

I finally found a use for the hooks between those partitions...   1. Happy Season After Epiphany! We like to celebrate Christmas until ...

Author's Hill, Concord, MA. Photo by M. Spencer. Used with permission. It was the hottest week of the year in St. Louis, and we we...

My philosopher mom friend suggested that I name this post, "It's an individual substance of a rational nature." I can't es...

1. This week has been a lot about food. Saturday had a frost advisory, so we did a rapid harvest of the garden, and we got a pretty good lo...

I once made this cupcake rosary (four years ago). It was pretty. Today is one of our favorite feast days. We used to throw an Our Lady o...