Carrots for Michaelmas — Cultivating a Catholic family through literat...

My time updating this dear old blog is now at an end after many years. I am now working full-time as a children’s book editor and if you’d like to keep up with my writing you can find me over at Substack where I update at least once a week.

Every November, I used to create an annual Catholic gift guide. I spent days and days curating gifts by Catholic artisans and makers and it was a hit! But last year I did something different and I’ve decided to stick with this new tradition: working...

It’s launch day for my brand new book. And when I woke up this morning, it was the #1 new release in Catholicism on Amazon!
What an exciting way to start the day! Things seemed less auspicious after our cat eviscerated a bird she caught on the front porch, but I’m just going to ignore that and get back to celebrating the pub day of my little book....

Last October I did something I have never, ever done before. I went to Europe.
I traveled to France and spent 10 days on pilgrimage with more than 50 other women, mostly Catholics, a mix of moms, marrieds, singles, teenagers, and grandmothers. If 2020 taught me anything, it’s to seize the day and so when the opportunity arose,...