The surest sign of spring is that the hens are suddenly laying again, even the old ones.

Last weekend’s knitting - a tiny emotional support chicken

Is it too much to hope that they all start chucking them at him à la Dubya?

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Happy 40th birthday to @gengrant.bsky.social !

Just paid for 6 pounds of bees that will be here in a month, so I should probably get my hives ordered.

Learning how to play Civ

50° in February

Watching skating instead of watching hockey

I’ve found an excellent Lenten practice for me as a so-so housekeeper – cleaning one small, gross, forgotten problem area a day, e.g. the dishwasher filter, stove hood, shower heads, etc.

As always, the prayer bit of Lent sticks better for me if I have a solid intention. So if you’d like a Chaplet of Divine Mercy prayed for you, let me know and I’ll add you to my list.

Apparently a nice recording of a chanted Chaplet of Divine Mercy is too much to ask and the only options are “self-produced church teen sings” or “someone prays in a monotone over that instrumental music they play during penance services.”

I think Libby needs an option to let you poke whoever currently has an item you’re currently on hold for. Like “hey, I’ve been first in line for a week; how long does it take you to listen to a 4 hour audiobook?”

Lent with kids prep - links for a paper countdown/prayer chain and some Stations cards because I’m going to try and take the kids this year because it fits with my work schedule for once.

It wasn’t photogenic enough for a picture, but I made bourbon braised beef shanks, and it was so delicious that I don’t think I’ll ever make short ribs again.

The local beekeepers meeting is in an ancient parish bingo hall with coffee and cookies in the back; it’s like AA for agriculture nerds.

Please stop spreading misinformation, please do not post that they had to close the air space over El Paso because the president was sundowning and took Air Force One out for a joyride and now he is doing barrel rolls over West Texas while JD Vance clings to the wing like that Twilight Zone gremlin

Fall arrest systems safety - we had a vendor bring in a fall tower and they’d drop weights off it showing how much force a falling person has and then we’d rig up some apprentices and dangle them off the tower.

Well, it’ll certainly suit the impending 5yo.

Hakeem Jeffries can rest easy now and rescind his strongly worded letter about potentially impeaching her maybe

Looking for recommendations for kids books, flash cards, etc. for Stations of the Cross. The kids and I were talking about adding it to our Lent this year, but I know the one time we went last year wasn’t particularly engaging for them especially since you can’t see all the stations in our parish.

Skating Lesson knitting - a very large watch cap for our priest. The colors are wildly inaccurate courtesy of bad LED lighting.

It’s warmer in the hockey arena than it is outside, though it might just be the lack of wind in here.

The kids were delighted that we were greeted by Father and the Bishop’s English Labs in the rotunda before Mass.

Teacher appreciation lunch done and dusted! Now I can go back to appreciating them a normal amount until the end of the school year.

I just upgraded Goose to a long sleeved leotard but it’s so chilly in here that I might need to knit her a little ballet cardigan to go over it.

Finally getting some snow day quilting in!

Just a little snow

The rest of the world: Using the metric system. The City of Pittsburgh:

In contrast to a certain other bishop in outstate Minnesota, Bishop Neary in St. Cloud offered help to those in his diocese and dispensed their obligation to attend Mass thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/bishop-neary...

I’d love to know the logic behind making kids amoxicillin 400mg/5mL, which leads to me having to attempt to measure out 9.5 mL instead of a nice even amount.

Why am I not surprised that the only priest in Greenland is a Conventual Franciscan

Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.

Quilt fabric has been acquired. And that’s actually how the quilt shop ladies packed it up.

Thea’s looking at the Scholastic flier that has something in it that Teddy wants to get her for her birthday, so naturally Teddy is freaking out about it in the next room and whisper shouting “play it cool! Play it cool or you’ll ruin the surprise!!” at me. Very subtle kiddo.

Evening comforts - finding the last of the (ancient) decaf that @harrydagostino.bsky.social roasted for me and drinking it from a Minnesotan mug

sharing a gift link for anyone who needs it because MAN that last paragraph is gonna get you through tomorrow defector.com/fascists-are...

Good week for a reminder about the confederate battle flag Minnesota refuses to return to the south

Time to sing the Minnesota Doxology! “Praise God from whom all blizzards flow Praise Him at 35 below Praise Him in snowdrifts ten feet deep Praise Him the winter makes us weep It's really cold!” share.google/DYEjBGMM8OuU...

Teaching a left-handed kid Z-B cursive might be the death of me.

The surest sign that G is approaching forty? This morning church ladies were asking him if he’d ever considered the diaconate. 😂 Now I’m wondering if the diocese has put forth a recommendation system for the permanent diaconate in addition to potential seminarians.

Jesse Ventura emerging from South Minneapolis like some old testament prophet to curse a mad tyrant is why you just can't give up on America www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSU...

There! I’ve got dinners for the whole month planned out!

Today’s grocery score, at least as far as Grant is concerned, boneless Australian lamb for less per pound than ground pork.

Tonight’s method for coping with the state of affairs

Taking a break from knitting to finish a scarf

Finished mismatched mittens for a goddaughter!

I thought I was losing my mind this afternoon. The kids and I went with their visiting cousins to the local bakery and ice cream place, and while we were there I let the cousins pick out muffin tops to have for breakfast tomorrow. 4 of them in a pie box with “thank you” and a smiley on it in sharpie

If you think “Breadon Hall” is pronounced “breaden(like leaden) hall” then perhaps narrating a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery is not the job for you.

Please say a prayer for Fr. James today; he concentrated Mass this morning while in the middle of receiving one of his chemo infusions from a portable pump.