Author: Avellina Balestri
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Canticle to the Creator
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Blessed be the Creator of the Universe who has put me where I am from all time and eternity. Read more
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A Day in the Homeschooler’s Life: I’m Gonna Call it Home
BY CLARE-THERESE A feeling of intense gratitude came to me as we tossed conversation around the pizza table for our family and our life together. Read more
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Wayminding Words from Oldendom
BY BYRNWIGA Having wordbooks and book-lore with only English words (and no outlandish words whatsoever) is not too hard to think of or understand. Read more
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If I Could Speak in Elvish: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY EMILY GEERLING If I could speak in Elvish I would stump all my friends, saying things in a tongue they could not understand. Read more
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A Band for All Seasons: Switchfoot Review
BY CLARE-THERESE Switchfoot is a band for deep thinkers. They’re a band for all seasons – a band of powerful songs. Read more
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Ten Interesting Facts I’ve Learned While Studying Astronomy
BY EMILY GEERLING I’ve always thought of the sky, outer space in particular, as a scary place where there are things so big it makes your brain hurt. Read more
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Our Lady of Britannia
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Thou stood on Newgate Arch and graced Pendragon’s shield; Cardigan bore they taper, and Walsingham thy seal. Read more
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Papal Factoids
BY BYRNWIGA The great deal of discussion surrounding the resignation of His Holiness Benedict XVI has led to observations of clerical dress. Read more
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Seeds
BY MARY-FAUSTINA Morning dawned with a rumor–and with the morning light, the rumor stretched and spread. Read more
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Victoria Crucis (The Victory of the Cross)
BY EMERALD You thought we were yours, didn’t you, Satan? But Christ came. He freed us from your chains. Read more
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A Glimpse of Reality: An Analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”
BY MEREDITH JOY HINKS Is an artist forced to choose between love and art? This is the question which Tennyson aims at us, using the Lady as his prop. Read more
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Springtime Floral Photos
BY EMILY GEERLING Here’s my latest batch of floral photography – some of the best shots of flowers I’ve ever taken! Read more
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God’s Humble Instrument
BY ELLEN VIRGINIA “I think the first thing I’ll see will be the angels, happy angels with bright, shiny wings.” Read more