Over the past 18 months since March 2020, my family and I have been neither anti-mask nor anti-vaccine. We have followed the general recommendations for keeping us safe from the coronavirus COVID-19: wearing masks in public before a vaccination... [Continue Reading]
On this week’s episode, Dom and some of the kids go on a canoe trip and get some wild weather, while Melanie and the other kids who stayed home lose a valued “friend”. Plus reviewing “Monsters (2010)”; making hot and... [Continue Reading]
On this week’s episode, Dom and Melanie go critter crazy with unusual animals; make some new chicken and curry dishes; re-watch all the Loki-related MCU movies, as well as Quiet Place 2; discuss a good book about the Great Migration; and see... [Continue Reading]
On this week’s episode, Independence Day party, power outage, and a birthday are just the start for the Betts this week, plus a superior potato salad recipe; finishing a great cop show series; a time travel book; and the multiple levels of the... [Continue Reading]
In this week’s episode: On a rainy day, the Betts visited the spooky and historic Georges Island in Boston Harbor. They also discover Looney Tunes as an incentive for the kids; remember the joy of bratwurst in beer; watch the campy but fun... [Continue Reading]
We visited Georges Island in the Boston Harbor National Recreational Park with our Cub Scout Pack. One of the leaders had applied for and had received a bunch of free tickets for the Pack to go. The weather was not great–rainy and... [Continue Reading]
On this week’s episode: This summer, the Betts are making it a point to spend more time out of the house than last summer; plus reading The Code Book, watching Bosch season 7; and talking about Jesus’ miraculous healing of the bleeding... [Continue Reading]
On this week’s episode: The new book, Project Hail Mary, has some surprising themes that give Dom and Melanie plenty of fodder for discussion (we give spoiler warnings); plus four new recipes; the new Pixar film Luca; and what Jonah has to do... [Continue Reading]
On this week’s episode, we celebrate St. Anthony with ice cream, the Betts disagree on how best to eat it; talk about the practice of naming houses near the ocean; and discuss this week’s Gospel and how the mustard seed can be the small... [Continue Reading]
Brendan Hodge has a good analysis at The Pillar examining diocesan annual fundraising appeals from across the US over the past five years to see if a link is discernible between bad news for the Church in the media and people’s giving. Whenever... [Continue Reading]