Linking up with Kelly. —1— On Saturday, I walked the Pilgrimage of New York, a fourteen-mile walk from the Mother Cabrini Shrine (near the Cloisters) to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine (near the Staten Island Ferry). We started at 9:00am and arrived at our destination for 6:00pm Mass. We lucked out and had beautiful… Read More 7 Quick Takes: A Pilgrimage and New Discoveries
Linking up with Kelly. —1— I’m still reeling from Villanova’s championship win on Monday! I recapped this year’s amazing tournament yesterday. Today was the Villanova parade in Center City Philadelphia! —2— I had a really nice Easter Triduum a few weeks ago. I was able to take advantage of being in the city for Holy… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Springtime for Villanova
Linking up with Kelly. —1— Yesterday was just an all-around awesome day. It was St. Patrick’s Day AND the first day of the NCAA basketball tournament! It felt like Christmas morning for me—I was in such a good mood all day. In the morning, I found out I needed to drop off a package to… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Linking up with Kelly. —1— The weather has been all over the place lately—two weeks ago, it was freezing cold with record lows and terrible winds; then last week it was so nice and sunny outside that I went running in the park in shorts! It was great to spend a warm day outside in… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Crazy Dreams, Blessed Is She, and Basketball
Linking up with Kelly. —1— I’ve been sick with a cold for the past several days, which means that people have been slowly inching away from me whenever I’m on the subway and they hear me sneezing. On the upside, the cold has left me with little appetite, which made Ash Wednesday fasting easier this… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Lent, Hamilton, and a Ski Trip
Linking up with Kelly. —1— It was an enjoyable, snowed-in weekend here in New York: Mostly we stayed inside, played board games, and ate ice cream, but we ventured into the snowdrifts to explore for a little bit, too. The subways were down so I couldn’t leave Queens, but I didn’t really need to. The… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Post-Blizzard Life
Linking up with Kelly. —1— Our Gaudete Sunday party went well! I don’t have any pictures, but our apartment was saturated in pink and purple for the event (or rose and violet, rather). The best part of the night was probably at the end, when we brought out a few bottles of wine that Liz’s… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Wine Roulette, Concerts, and Flowers in Winter
Linking up with Kelly. —1— I started writing about my recent pilgrimage to Guadalupe here. I’ll be following up soon with Part 2! —2— Notre Dame has released a draft of its revised curriculum, and it looks good. I’d written a few months ago about the curriculum review. In the revised draft, the theology requirement… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Guadalupe, Fenway, and The Wiz
Linking up with Kelly. —1— This week I released a set of hand-painted watercolor prints, available as gifts to anyone who donates $20 to my sister’s marathon fund. She will be running the NYC Marathon in November and is raising money for Autism Speaks. Click here for more details! —2— Last weekend I went bike riding around… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Watercolors, Bicycles, and a Bichon Frise on Safari
Linking up with Bonnie. —1— Happy belated Fourth of July! I watched fireworks a few days early in Astoria: —2— I am obsessed with this new song. I listen to it multiple times a day, and when I wake up it’s already in my head. It’s nice to wake up with a song I actually… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Fireworks, Gnats, and Dinosaurs
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