String o' Pearls

My brother-in-law is dying. His poor body has been ravaged by a particularly unforgiving form of cancer called mesothelioma, with which ...

Okay, folks, in case you needed something to make you smile today, now that the weekend is over...here is a picture of my adorable but somet...

My writer friend Anne Faye, a Catholic blogger and novelist, published her second novel, Sunflowers in a Hurricane , less than a week ago.  ...

I recently finished a novel that I had been dying to read for quite some time, Kate Alcott's The Daring Ladies of Lowell .        H...

This Memorial Day, I am so grateful to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country.  And I am endlessly thankful t...

I just have to say that I was floored by the thoughtful comments readers left on yesterday's post .  It means the world to me to know th...

Sometimes I wonder if my little String of Pearls, filled with the musings of a grandmother in her late 50's and read by only a handful o...