by Leslie Sholly | Sep 10, 2010 | Catholicism, music
You know, I think this blog is really good for me, because I get things off my chest here and then I don’t have to rant about them in real life anymore. And I also think that’s why (aside from getting busy with the start of school) I lost steam on my...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 10, 2010 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, marriage
The other day I was talking to my Aunt Joan and she mentioned that she and Uncle Jack will be married 60 years in December. “I think we’re going to last,” she said. She was only 16 when they married and conventional wisdom wouldn’t have given...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 30, 2010 | books, Catholicism, Education
It sounds like a misnomer, doesn’t it? I mean, homeschooling is kind of radical and newfangled, right? It wasn’t so long ago that those who wanted to do it had to fight the state and everyone thought their kids were, well, weird. I wanted to homeschool...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 6, 2010 | Catholicism, music
So I had to say it some time. It’s not always the song’s fault. The songs don’t pick themselves. They don’t perform themselves. No, I am not going to criticize individual choir members. Not only would that be ugly, I don’t have the...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 30, 2010 | Catholicism, music
When I was a freshman at Georgetown, Father von Arx, a history professor, handed back my first paper marked with the following: “May I suggest you try using inclusive language?” Now, I didn’t have the slightest idea what he meant by that, and I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 28, 2010 | Catholicism, Georgetown, music
Continuing with my post about the development of my own perspective on liturgical music brings me to what seemed like an exciting time to me music-wise: the beginning of the Glory and Praise years. For us at St. Joseph this actually began, I’m guessing, around...