String o' Pearls

So before I get to blogging about our 2025 Thanksgiving celebration here at Casa Papa and Grammy, I wanted to finish this post that I starte...

I've been noticing something about the 2016 Summer Olympics, and it fills my soul with joy: I've been noticing that Mary, Our Blesse...

Tonight, Notre Dame plays Boston College at Fenway Park in Boston, a city with deep Irish-American roots.  It's actually an away game fo...

Testing, testing...1,2,3... Is this thing on?  Hello? This is my blog, right?  I mean, I used to know how it all worked, but I've g...

I'm joining Heather over at Mama Knows, Honeychild  (or rather her sister-in-law), for the  FIVE FAVORITES  link-up.  Favorite #1...

We're back from our most recent travels--and hey, I just remembered: I have a blog!  And I haven't posted anything on it in ages.  B...

You may have heard that our middle son and his wife Preciosa are expecting their first child.  The gender of this wee one has been revealed,...

My husband was always very involved in anything that interested our boys; one thing was football (something he'd played himself in his y...

I'm joining Sheenazing blogger Jen Fulwiler (et. al.) for her awesome Friday link-up extravaganza, but I'm not writing anything ...

Once upon a time, my husband used to travel to Moscow quite often for his job, and he would bring home the most amazing hand-carved, brightl...

At the end of October my husband and I traveled from our home in New England out to Colorado, for a visit with our oldest son and his family...