by Leslie Sholly | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s become a yearly tradition for me to highlight the year’s most-read posts (according to WordPress stats), and also to share my favorite posts from the year. Many of the most-read posts are oldies-but-goodies, and I choose to celebrate their staying...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 3, 2020 | family, linkups, photoblogging
It is time for the first post of 2020, and one of my favorite annual traditions, the past year in pictures! As always, it is difficult to decide whether to choose the most artistic picture of the the month or the one that is most representative of the month, so what...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 6, 2019 | Catholicism
I’m excited to share that I was recently a guest on a podcast! Lindsay Schlegel interviewed me for the last episode of the first season of Quote Me, in which guests discuss a favorite quotation and its impact on their lives. My quotation was “Cast all...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
For most of my adulthood, my prayer life has consisted of Mass on Sunday, various random calls on God on the saints as necessary throughout the day, and petitions in bed at night–if I did not fall asleep first. I would marvel at folks who attended Mass daily,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 15, 2019 | shopping
Now, I am not one to start Christmasing early. We celebrate Advent hard and save Christmas for its proper 12 days as much as possible in today’s world. But part of having a peaceful Advent for me is doing my Christmas shopping in November. If you want to get...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 9, 2019 | family, Knoxville, photoblogging, Vacations
As the mother of two animal fanatics, I have visited many remarkable zoos all over the country. I am especially fond of (and proud of) Zoo Knoxville, which I have watched transform over the past 40+ years since my first visit on a school field trip. We have had...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 8, 2019 | Politics
For this year’s ObamaCare update, I am sharing five ObamaCare facts. The Affordable Care Act and ObamaCare refer to the same thing. I hope that’s obvious to you, but it isn’t to everyone–I have seen many a “man on the street” video...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 7, 2019 | Catholicism, family, photoblogging, Vacations
Knoxville (my hometown) is four hours away from Cincinnati. I’ve always heard people saying what a great place Cincinnati is. But I never did more than drive through (and that not often) until Labor Day weekend two years ago. We had a particular reason for...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 6, 2019 | Catholicism
Several years ago my parish decided to bring the Called and Gifted workshop to our parish to help our members discern their spiritual gifts and to encourage them to use them in parish ministries. As a member of the organizing committee, I traveled to a neighboring...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 5, 2019 | books, Catholicism, family, Parenting
I’ve written previously about our family’s Christmas book tradition and shared some of our favorites. Just in time for you to order before Christmas, here are five more of our all-time favorites. Who Is Coming to Our House I am pretty sure this was the...