by Leslie Sholly | Jan 6, 2013 | books, Catholicism, movies, music, review
Y’all, I am OBSESSED with Les Miserables right now. Â Searching Twitter and Tumblr tags, listening to every soundtrack I can find on Spotify pretty much nonstop, reading reviews and analyses online . . . Â I cannot WAIT to see it again. Â Let’s not call this...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 20, 2012 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
I don’t want to blog about Newtown because it feels too much like I am mining a tragedy for material. Â But the fact is that aside from occasional stress-filled forays into pre-Christmas panic, Newtown is pretty much all I am thinking about. Â And I don’t...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 6, 2012 | Catholicism
. . . but not here! Â I’m guest posting today at Living on Love, as part of Lacy’s marvelous series on Advent. Â Please go check out my post, and once you’re there look around the rest of the blog. Â Lacy’s a young mother who writes thoughtfully...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 5, 2012 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
Did y’all ever think about how WEIRD Christmas is? Â I don’t mean what we are celebrating, of course–I know you know that. Â Maybe what I really should be asking is did y’all ever think about how weird communal traditions are in general, or if...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 3, 2012 | Catholicism, family
And one last link on the Advent Workshop, this one from the Knoxville News Sentinel. Â William was quoted in this story! Â Can you tell I really, really liked the Advent Workshop? Â So much so that I never missed one, even though one year that meant I showed up with a...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 3, 2012 | Catholicism, family, FIRE
Last year getting ready for Christmas was . . . strange. Â And maybe I will write more about that letter. Â But reading this guest post I did last year brings it all back. Â Go read it while you are waiting for new content! Share this:TweetShare on...