Ah, the theatah. There's been a fair amount of it around here this summer. And we're good with that. In June, Ramona and I were ...

If you have the chance  To see Lemony Snicket Know that he's worth The price of the ticket.            -- Karen Edmisten   Co...

I started up some music before starting up the dishes this morning. "Wait! What's that?" asked Ramona. "Is that the Blu...

... that I love hearing this at Mass, as we did this morning: (Mozart's Alleluia ) I equally like turning to Atticus and saying, ...

Mark O'Connor's Butterfly's Day Out , with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer. I love my husband all the time, but can you blame me if...

~ Ted Kooser on Wednesday night. At first we thought Ramona was going to be the only young child there. Eventually two or three others showe...

Another Atticus pick this week. A pairing, really. He says: "'The Lark Ascending' by George Meredith was the inspiration fo...

Naturally I missed this when it first made the rounds but thanks to Pie for Breakfast I found it. Just showed it to the girls and Betsy sai...

Yesterday, at Mass, these words leapt out at me: "Protect us from all anxiety ...." I hear the words every Sunday. Right after...

I haven't had time to look through the entire site, but I received an email from the people at Culture Gauge , and it looks as if their ...

A rerun of last year's St. Patrick's Day post, but it's definitely worth the rerun. Be sure to listen to the clip if you have t...

Follow the links from Fr. S. here ... sublimely beautiful music for our Lord and His mother on this day.  Mary Ellen on living at the fo...

After you've prayed this beautiful prayer today, be sure to listen to "The Deer's Cry" ( St. Patrick's Breastplate s...

More here and here . What's wrong with Google today? They always commemorate stuff like this. And yet today, nary a magic flute in sigh...

"I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales," says young Evan at the beginning of August Rush. And thus we know...

The other day, Lissa mentioned The Water is Wide , which reminded me of this post from a couple of years ago, about dancing in the kitchen:...

This is a really sweet song sung by a sweet dad (posted by a sweet dad whose romance with his daughters reminds me of the sweet dad in this ...

As much as I love Poetry Friday, sometimes it's just too big for me. I can't make it to every fabulous blog and every great poem, ...

It happens in so many different ways, of course, but one of the most delightful ways is when it happens spontaneously, as "just a part ...

I've been seeing this clip all over the place: Brandon Heath's I'm Not Who I Was on YouTube . (h/t to Dawn Eden , by way of Mi...