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Devotional - Daily Readings (3/20/2024): Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Lectionary: 253

Daily Reflection Video – Jem Sullivan, PhD. Disclaimer: This is all my personal views as an Asian American Catholic who is starting to get back into my faith after years of going to church on and off. Unfortunately, with my issues, it makes going to mass hard, so I’ve been going over the daily readings from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website that posts the…

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Devotional - Daily Readings (3/19/2024): Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Devotional – Daily Readings: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Reflection Video Response – “2024 03 19 Reflection 543” by Deacon Arthur L. Miller, Archdiocese of Hartford. This is all my personal views as a Catholic who is starting to get back into my faith after years of going to church on and off. Unfortunately, with my issues, it makes going to mass hard, so I’ve…

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Musings: On Grief and a Little Bit of Life

In the last several years, I’ve probably lost about 10 people (old and young alike) and 2 beloved pets at the very least. I’ve had to really start going to therapy on a regular basis again because I haven’t been able to deal with it very well. Right when I finally feel like I’m feeling stable, someone else dies or gets diagnosed with something like cancer, and it’s like a punch in the face. Well,…

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Musings: My Chronic Pain and Mental Health

My health has been on a downhill especially since 2022. It’s been making it hard to do things for my blog, but I am trying. I think talking about these issues on my blog is something that I’d like to start doing so people can get to know me a bit more. Chronic pain is awful. I’ve been dealing with it for almost 20 years. ADHD can be awful too, especially when it negatively affects my life. It’s…

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Notes: Plato's The Apology - The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts - C.D.C. Reeve

Hi, everyone! My chronic pain has gotten the best of me this past fall/winter, so I haven’t been reading much, but hopefully with the new year, my pain will give me a break and I’ll be able to do more of these posts! These are my notes for Plato’s The Apology, which includes me posting quotes and then writing some notes right after, which happens right after the page number. It’s some…

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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy – Inferno: Canto 12

I’m probably slowing down a lot from now on. I’ve gotten a lot busier, but I’m committed to trying to finish the Divine Comedy. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, so even if it takes a long time, I’ll get through the 100 Days of Dante, which is helping me understand a lot about the Divine Comedy while reading it.  Questions for Reflection Dante meets many mythical creatures in…

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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: The Inferno – Canto 11

I apologize for the wait. I had some things going on this past week, but hopefully I’ll be able to catch up soon! Questions for Reflection In this canto we pause in the journey to listen to Virgil as he describes the moral landscape of hell. What are some surprising details about its arrangement? Why do you think Dante the Poet has designed his Inferno in such a way? I was surprised about how…

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Reflections: The Aeneid by Virgil - Chapters 1&2

Hello! I’m currently reading the Aeneid with the subreddit AYearOfMythology on reddit. I decided to post up my responses here on my blog as well as on the subreddit. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think! (And I’m totally not procrastinating on doing the reflection questions of Dante’s The Divine Comedy 😛) I’m using the Robert Fagles translation. Question 1 – There are at least two events…

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Crochet: Amigurumi - Baby Octopus

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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy – Inferno: Canto 10

Hi everyone! I’m late with this post as I was struggling with the reflection questions (still am!) but I did my best. Enjoy!  Questions for Reflection The sixth circle of hell is dedicated to the punishment of Heresy, a vice of the intellect and the will: it is obstinacy in error. There Dante meets the souls of the Epicurean philosophers who live eternally in burning tombs for having denied the…

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Check out my new blog post on Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno Canto 7! I’m committing to trying to do the 100 Days of Dante this year, so this is my response to the reflection questions. If you’re interested, please check out my blog post!

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Tried to make a beanie and sort of became a hat lmao. Colors inspired by Kanroji Mitsuri from Demon Slayer.

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Just started learning to crochet not that long ago. I used a basic acrylic yarn and did three different basic techniques.