by Leslie Sholly | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I haven’t been blogging much lately because (among many other reasons) I got sucked down a social media rabbit hole trying to “fix” Twitter. I’ve been on Twitter since about 2009. I downloaded an archive of all my tweets the other day and it...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 24, 2015 | Catholicism, linkups, Sunday Snippets
I’m back for the first time in awhile with Sunday Snippets, RAnn’s delightful gathering of Catholic bloggers around the web. Like many of you, I’m sure, I’ve spent a lot of time tweeting this week, sharing #whywemarch posts, rather than...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 21, 2015 | books, Catholicism, review
It might seem a bit odd to review a book that was published almost 30 years ago and that I’ve read many times before. But having recently re-read Patience of a Saint by Father Andrew Greeley, who died in 2013, I wanted to talk about him and his writing. In 1987...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “A Moment in Time.” Today’s prompt suggested that I write about the last picture I took. I should probably do this every day as it would give me an endless supply of stories. I took this picture...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m shamelessly stealing this idea from another blog. I’m going to share the year’s five most popular posts (according the the stats provided by WordPress), and then I’m going to share five of my personal favorites (difficult to do because,...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 30, 2014 | family, Knoxville, linkups, photoblogging
So, I’m linking up with Dwija at House Unseen, Life Unscripted and posting one picture for each month of 2014. I did this last year, but this year it seemed much harder to choose. I’ve taken an insane amount of pictures this year, for one thing. And...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 23, 2014 | Catholicism, linkups, Sunday Snippets
I fell off the NaBloPoMo wagon in a big way, even failing to participate in my usual linkups. So I missed Sunday Snippets last week, and will make up for it by listing two weeks’ worth of posts this week. Sunday Snippets is a gathering of Catholic bloggers...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 23, 2014 | linkups, My Sunday Photo, photoblogging
My big kids all attended Knoxville Catholic High School, and when I showed Emily this photo, which I took a couple of weeks ago while Lorelei and I were walking on the trails near the school after morning Mass at All Saints, she recognized “Narnia”...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 23, 2014 | death, Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
So you chose to walk around Mead’s Quarry and took the Tharp Trace Trail starting at the harder end. Don’t feel bad because you are going to come upon a nice place to slow down and catch your breath not far from the end of the trail. Stanton Cemetery is...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 22, 2014 | Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
I have walked the trails at Mead’s Quarry once before and I probably won’t again, unless I REALLY feel the need to take someone there. Y’all, that Tharp Trace Trail is JUST THAT HARD. That’s one of the reasons Emily and I waited until October...