She said, “Can you do it without escalating?” I thought about it, and said, “No.” Then I fixed myself a bowl of saffron olive oil ice cream with burnt orange caramel, sat on the couch, wrapped myself in a blanket, and pretended I was alone. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/26/w...

Doing one thing at the same time www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/25/d...

Don't quit; rest. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/24/d...

Imagine if there was one study that showed a tenuous correlation between autism and men taking pain relief.

Why rush? Maybe I’ll just think about it for thirty years. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/19/w...

Just a little something to take the edge off

Spotted this cool Christopher Knight Home 122" Modern L-Shaped Sectional Sofa with Chaise Lounge on my porch.

“I want this killing to mean something” is such a low bar, but I don’t think we’re clearing it.

Happy Friday! Today’s post will be about food, and gardens, and home improvement projects, and that’s it. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/12/w...

The garlic tasted fine, but really all I did was put cloves of garlic in the ground, water it for months, and then dig up the exact same number of cloves of garlic. Kept me entertained, but I’m having a hard time categorizing it as a successful crop. www.simchafisher.com/2025/09/05/w...

"Fuck around and find out." – Maria Montessori

One of the kids came in when I was shoving pesto up under the chicken skin and got permanently creeped out, and I have to admit, it was a little creepy! Delicious, though. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/29/w...

I find it easier to look at adolescents with kindness when I remember that their most irrational behavior is not as senseless as it looks. In fact, it is a sign they are growing. It’s just that the growth is disproportionate. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/27/t...

Self-described nomadic canon lawyer, Marc Balestrieri, is going to have to pay $50,000 for defaming a New Hampshire priest, the Rev. Georges de Laire, for Michael Voris' now defunct Church Militant www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/26/n...

You’ll never in a million years guess what photo this was a response to

I had a bad day, and I don’t drink anymore, so I’m listening to the Beastie Boys instead, and it’s …kind of the same thing. Makes me feel dumb and mad and silly and sentimental and a little sweaty.

The one where I finally make the giant s'mores. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/22/w...

Take up gardening, they said. It’s so feminine and wholesome, they said .

Some parts of the church will last for thousands of years; some of it is designed more for the here and now. That’s true for church buildings and for the Church as an institution. My last artist profile for OSV. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/21/a...

Kayaking on a hidden little river w/ Mr Husband today ❤️

Yes, I have a retirement plan. Gonna start using whole body deodorant every day so I can get in on the inevitable class action lawsuits

So then I was like, okay, the cheese is made, and now I really must get some writing done. So I made some giant graham crackers www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/15/w...

Things like this just about redeem [gestures vaguely] the Internet

Anybody know what this is? A gift from the stream, very heavy

I was searching for a specific scene from king of the hill and the autocomplete actually made me start tearing up

I am so morbidly curious about what this is going to turn out to be. Colloidal silver? Human urine? Liberal tears? Heroin?

My favorite Doctor and companion

I remember the smell of the rubber the sound of rainwater sloshing around in the bottom, the prickle of the frayed rope, the sway of the ground passing by. Dragging your fingertips over the roots of the tree as you drift through leafy shadows. Ah, summer. www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/08/w...

Let’s pretend that all they want is for Christians and a few docile Jews to be able to worship God all day long, and not have the government forcibly stripping away their religious convictions and expression. That's what they say. What's actually happening? www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/07/f...

As the last human warrior falls during the Skynet apocalypse, he taps his battle-scarred Gemini communication pod screen and chokes “Tell my wife… tell my wife I love her… send it… in a jokey tone”

This is nothing. By his third term, he's gonna be kayaking directly on the backs of the poor, who will be directed to writhe around in a wavelike manner for his amusement www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

how it started; how it's going

Practicing Catholics! 2025 is a Jubilee Year themed"Pilgrims of Hope."That A is news to me B is really great-just whatwe needed right now C sounds nice, but blah blah blah meaningless bishop stuff D didn't mean much to me at first,but has taken on significance during the year E [other-pls explain]

I had piece of fruit instead of chips, please clap

Nobody thinks this is as funny as I do, but I planted zinnias seeds in a crooked planter, and today I finally got around to straightening the planter. Sorry, zinnias.

What’s for supper? Vol. 433: Psych! www.simchafisher.com/2025/08/01/w...

Four-year-old: "I’m gonna listen to your body." [lays head on my stomach] "It said ‘wakka‘ many times."

The Anonymous Communion of Saints www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/30/t...

I just texted a source for a story to see if she could answer some follow-up questions, and she said actually she's in labor, but if I want to text my questions, she could try to answer them by voice to text. FEMALES ARE STRONG AS HELL. (And I said no, just have a baby!)

When I was finally headed back to Mass with one final kid, I said I hoped we would make it on time. I had been taught you have to be at Mass for the Gospel reading for it to count as fulfilling your Sunday observation. But the more I thought about it... www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/28/h...

Gen Z insults kill me. I just heard my teen witheringly refer to someone as a “ … developing artist.”

The state of the country is such that I kind of want to blow the whole thing on enormous s’mores. Waste, fraud, and abuse s’mores. Abus’mores, if you will. www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/25/w...

Raising teens? Raising ducks? Here’s what you need to know. www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/22/r...

I bet he’s exhausted already

This is where I post from

What’s for supper? Vol. 431: Not a bad record for this vicinity www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/18/w...

Plant a tree, *especially* the day before the world will end. www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/16/b...

We have a grant to buy art supplies for a kid interested in 2D animation. Suggestions for what to try and order? She has a good tablet and Apple Pencil

This is not important the most important thing in the world but if you want, you could call the sound of dropping a cantaloupe on the floor a “melonious thunk.”

What’s for supper? Vol. 430: deal w/ ur own Beans www.simchafisher.com/2025/07/11/w...