by Leslie Sholly | Jan 6, 2013 | books, Catholicism, movies, music, review
Y’all, I am OBSESSED with Les Miserables right now. Searching Twitter and Tumblr tags, listening to every soundtrack I can find on Spotify pretty much nonstop, reading reviews and analyses online . . . I cannot WAIT to see it again. 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. But the fact is that aside from occasional stress-filled forays into pre-Christmas panic, Newtown is pretty much all I am thinking about. And I don’t...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 6, 2012 | Catholicism
. . . but not here! I’m guest posting today at Living on Love, as part of Lacy’s marvelous series on Advent. Please go check out my post, and once you’re there look around the rest of the blog. 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? I don’t mean what we are celebrating, of course–I know you know that. 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. William was quoted in this story! Can you tell I really, really liked the Advent Workshop? 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. And maybe I will write more about that letter. But reading this guest post I did last year brings it all back. Go read it while you are waiting for new content! Share this:TweetShare on...