The Call: Fret Job — Cheryl Dennis is making excellent progress on Henry’s handmade guitar. Today, he installed the frets. The Response: Handmade Handmaid — Jessica That’s a really bad pun for such a lovely lady and I am truly sorry. I started out taking a picture of a tatted lace doily that I made […]

The Call: Football Injury — Cheryl Sometimes it takes an illness, an injury, or something worse to make us stop and be thankful for all the blessings we do have. The Response: BENEDICITE, omnia opera Domini — Jessica the source of all blessings

The Call: It’s Another Stinkbug — Cheryl When I see bugs and spiders, I tend to look the other way (or race into the house for the camera if it’s not already in my hands), but not when it comes to stinkbugs and earwigs. To them, I show no mercy. The Response: Mother of Mercy […]

The Cross — Jessica Every week I get some Catholic “item” in the mail. Whether it’s a rosary, a prayer card or in this case, a little crucifix, they all come with appeals to donate money to some religious community or worthy charity. That’s a lot of appeals and that’s a lot of guilt when […]