A comment from

a fan of Ernestine Cobern Beyer's
wonderful poetry, (link)
prompted me to comment that
Ernestine wrote verse for many
years, and received an award
from The National League of
American Penwomen for the
best religious poem, "The Pool,"
in the early seventies. It was
presented to her at the House
of Representatives and was
noted in the Congressional
Record- this shortly before her
death in December of 1972.

Ernestine's daughter, Barbara
Beyer Malley, who has gener-
ously shared much of her mother's
work with me- wrote that her
mother had been a singer who
sang with Enrico Caruso- giving it
up to raise her family. Which is
also when she started writing.

Barbara mentioned that her mom
sounded a lot like a singer named
Lily Pons- her mom having been a
"coloratura soprano, one of the
few who could faultlessly reach
E above high C."

(Wow- I can barely reach E above
middle C)...

Well, I want to ask, before I start
looking for info on Lily Pons- if
anyone is familiar with her music?
If so, what would you recommend?

& many thanks in advance:)

The monthly article

St. John the Evangelist- by Guido Reni.
From AllPosters. (link)

from Eric Scheske @ the NC Register

is, For Love of The Written Word, (link)

on 'Bloggers and their books'...

One of the subjects touched upon is

the patron saints some bloggers choose-

here's my pick.

Coverage of

last week's Coming Home
Network Conference abounds-
but I can't get my links to work
right now:p

So please read auntie joanna writes,
linked on the right, & follow her
excellent links (some included in her
comments) for the great coverage
& pix. There are also suppose to
be tapes of the speakers, including
authors Joanna Bogle & Joseph
Pearce, although I'm not sure if
they're available yet...

Will work to fix my links- & keep
my fingers X'ed that the tapes will
be available in time for Christmas:)

Related to a

comment below, here is a
list of organizations (link)
that apparently aren't what
they claim to be...

From
Michigan Catholic. (link)

Episode # 54

of

Christus Vincit Anywhere! (link)

is up & running, with links to other
podcasts available in the show notes-

& prayers for show host BMP (& Mrs.
BMP, too!) - who's undergoing some
necessary tests tomorrow, that all is
very well-

God bless!

Heheh

Heh! (link:)

+
...


Great news!
...

Nick's back! (link:)


Thanks Thomas!

It's: A Carnival for All the Saints

(& All the Souls, Too!)... on

Episode 53 of
Christus Vincit Anywhere! (link)

& Yay!

It's November & time to
vote at Podcast Alley for our faves-
check the show notes for the link.

Fascinating post

on some of the early
saints, including the popes
who directly followed Peter,

from
Penitens. (link)

& the origin of the actual word,
"fascinate"...

from
Abbey-Roads. (link)

An appeal...

from Joanna Bogle-

concerning the restoration
of St. Patrick's in Soho
Square, London. (link)

Coming in November:

Small is Still Beautiful: Economics
as if Families Mattered, (link)

by Joseph Pearce. (link)


Available (preorder) from:
Amazon.com (link) ...

& many, many thanks to
Mr. Pearce for permission
to post:)

Boo!

A cute Halloween joke from

The Woodland Word. (link:)

&

a link to some really neat
pumpkin pics- among
other things- from

The Anchoress. (link)

For Kathie

To My Granddaughter

By Ernestine Cobern Beyer

Kathie's eyes are bright, alive,
Her manner, blithely charming,
And though her years are only five,
Her wisdom is disarming.

When she, at times, invades my room,
I leave this peaceful place;
Astride Imagination's broom,
I soar with her in space.

Within my own she lays her hand,
And with a compass true,
She guides me to that happy land
Which long ago I knew.

Contemporaries, she and I!
For though my hair is white,
When Kathie blithely passes by,
She leaves me young and bright!

*Gotta windshield?

The Voter's Guide for
Serious Catholics (link)
is now available from
Catholic Answers. (link)

Anybody want to help me
hand them out?

*Reposted:)

Have added another

category to the right,
a list of books by some
of my favorite authors,
who've given me the
okay to post:)

Am happy to add this one
by Joanna Bogle, from
auntie joanna writes, (link)

Mrs. Bogle & her husband
James host EWTN's fascin-
ating series, Catholicism: The
Heart of History, (link) which
can be listened to anytime from
the EWTN Audio Library. (link)

Mrs. Bogle has also written
The Pope Benedict Code, (link)
about the life of the Holy Father,

&

Come on In, It's Awful!! (link)

among a few others... (link)

Episode # 52

of

Christus Vincit Anywhere! (link)...

is ready when you are!

& they've been picked up
on Podcast Alley- check the
show notes for details on
where to vote:)

Many thanks, too...

to Dale Ahlquist, for the okay to
post his book on G. K. Chesterton:)

You know, all the times I've been
posting these books- I never thought
to ask...

Geez~

I also want to point out as was
mentioned before in a prior
post, (link)- that Mr. Alquist is the
president of the American Chester-
ton Society- linked to the right...

& that he is host, along with Chuck
Chalberg, of EWTN's series, G. K.
Chesterton: The Apostle of Common
Sense, which can be listened to from
the EWTN Audio Library- an excellent
service- also linked on the right.

I have to say again- I love the EWTN
AL, as I can listen to their programs
while I'm on the computer. There are
only a few linked here- but there is
also a direct link to the complete index
of programs for your convenience.

Two neat sites...

Operation Smile, (link)-

Thanks to Thomas from
Your Ever Well-Wisher, (link)...

&

Wreaths Across America, (link)

Thanks to THS at
The Coalition of the Swilling- (link)


Both now linked on the right:)

Very neat

story!

Fun with Dawn

&

Jane...

part i (link:)

part ii (link:)

This is

a-parently...

how some will vote- (link)

Thanks to
The Curt Jester (link)
for the post.

VERY

good point...(link)

& a bloggy welcome to the
Young Fogeys, (link)-

Thanks to BMP @
Christus Vincit (link)
for the link.

Episody # 51 of

Christus Vincit Anywhere! (link)
is completed...

Well, the show is fine as always,
but I'm not sure the new format
is listed yet with Podcast Alley.

We'll have to stay tuned to find
out...

& many thanks to BMP &
Mr. O'Reilly for the mention of
this blog this week:)

Coming soon~

to the local library:
Prove It: Jesus (link)

by Amy Welborn from
open book. (link)

This is a great book for
teens as well as adults...

& many thanks to Amy
Welborn for permission
to post:)

Pledge of Thanks

Thank You, Lord, for all You've done!
(Dear Father, Spirit, Blessed Son:)
And though our journey's just begun,
Your Presence I will never shun!

I Know My Sheep

by Kathy Lawrence

Pure...

magic! *sigh! I mean (link) * *

*

(Geez* did i say* that out loud?)*

*

*

& literally

*

& literarily...

the
* best kind of *magic*... (link:) *

*
Thanks to Mark Shea of *
Catholic and Enjoying It! (link)

which * is also linked to the right*

*

Wonderful posts from

Don Marco @
Vultus Christi- (link)

Including this one on nine-
year old Francisco from
Fatima, back in 1917, on the
importance of praying the
Rosary. (link)

:)

(link)

Happy Episode # 50!

to:

Christus Vincit Anywhere! (link)

For past episodes, click on
the link on the right- or on the
the banner linked below-

& congrats & God bless to BMP
on the informative & fun show:)

Prayers, please

for sometimes saintly Nick
from Nick's Bytes. (link)

Nick's had an incredibly
lousy week, (link) although
he is thankfully receiving
the treatment he needs-
sans the insurance he needs.

& thanks to Nick's friend
Tiffany, (link) for keeping
us posted.

Oh... ewww!

& gross!

But it's still

kind of funny... (link:p)

Too incredibly neat!

Terry over @ NCR's
Blog-of-the-Month-
(don't remember which
month, Terry... sorry!):

Abbey-Roads (link)

received a lengthy
response (link) to a
comment he wrote to
EWTN's Joanna Bogle
on her fascinating new
blog from England:

auntie joanna writes...(link)

Joanna & her husband James
host EWTN's informative
& interesting series:

Catholicism: The Heart of
History, (link)

which will be included in
a new category to the right-
direct links to some of EWTN's
excellent programs offered
from their audio library.

Heheheh...

here... (link)

ROTF

Laughing (link)

'til I'm crying!

(omigosh!)

Especially #'s
8 & 9...

Thanks again, Terry!

A new link on the right

Linked from Catholic Answers. (link)

A request from

Eric Scheske from the

The Daily Eudemon (link)...

I admit nothing!

Ok, I'll 'fess up-

Geez, you're tough!

Well, I used to read quite
a bit and finish everything.
Now it's kind of a different
story- mostly due to the
fact that reading puts me
to sleep- no matter how
fascinating the subject-
which never used to hap-
pen at all- I used to read
well into the night.

Also, lousy vision is a factor
these days-

I've been told that audio
books are an excellent
alternative-

& then there's always the
LARGE PRINT option.

Which reminds me, I'm due
for new specs...

Thanks for asking.

Congratulations to

one of this blog's
favorite writers-

Nightfly (link)

& his

Ladybug:)

*sniff!

I feel like a proud
auntie~

And speaking of

aunties & writers...

There's a new blog linked
to the right from Joanna
Bogle called:

auntie joanna writes- (link)

Joanna and her husband James
host a very interesting series
on EWTN, that you can listen
to here:

Catholicism: The Heart of History. (link)

Thanks to Terry from
Abbey-Roads (link) for the link
to this neat blog:)

Also from the

EWTN Audio Library- (link)

G. K. Chesterton: The Apostle of
Common Sense- (link)

hosted by Dale Ahlquist, president
of the American Chesterton Society,
(link) & Chuck Chalberg, as G.K.C.

The EWTN library is a wonderful
service- it's great being able to
catch up on episodes of many of
the series that I've missed, or
want to hear again...

& it's getting permanently
linked on the right.

Time to vote

at Podcast Alley (link) for your
favorite podcast- this link does go
directly to the site to vote for
Christus Vincit Anywhere, (link)
the new site for the CV Podcast-
and an email addy is needed to
verify your vote...

I do enjoy listening to the different
podcasts while I'm on the 'puter-
they're informative & funny & the
music is beautiful!

& when you happen by, don't forget
to say "hi" to the show's stars, BMP
from Christus Vincit. (link) & his assi-
stant, Shamus O'Reilly:)

Take a read over @

Merle's Third Try. (link)

I'm not a rocket scientist,
but this is what I assume is
Merle's 3rd blog... her last
having been Herons Nest (link)
which is also linked over to
the right. Featured are Merle's
pearls (first time that's been
said, I'm sure:) of wisdom,
recipes, & the best jokes in
blogland ( sorry Nick, (link)
but it's true:)

& while you're there, tell her
rhapsody says, "Hi!"

Coming soon!

Listen to it~

Learn from it~

Love tuning in!


Watch for updates from

BMP @

Christus Vincit- (link)

Forbidden fruit?

Concerning the copyright
for the word "pod"...


From BMP @
Christus Vincit. (link)

Found some neat

Gregorian chants (link)

via

Catholic Answers. (link)

Happy listening:)

I confess...

... that this painting of Padre Pio,
(link) that is hanging in the "Winter
Chapel," which is attached to the
Church of St. Louis, King of France
in St. Paul, Minnesota...

was done by Terry Nelson, of
Abbey-Roads! (link:)

More of Terry's beautiful art work
is available at Bridge Building Images-
(link) which is going to be permanently
linked on the right...

Two from

Terry @ Abbey-Roads. (link)

On Our Lady of Lasjas (link)
in Colombia

&

Andy Warhol. (link)

Installed a free

news ticker from
Catholic World News... (link)

If you'd like one, get it
here. (link)

P.S.

Anybody else having a
problem uploading pix?

Did I miss another memo?

A new blog-

newly linked on the right:)

Gather Reprehensive... (link)



Thanks to BMP from

Christus Vincit. (link)

Read a post by

the internetmonk, (link)...

questioning the necessity of the
Catholic Church's practice of
requiring the proper instruction
before receiving Holy Communion.

Sir, Christ went to school, too. He
received the necessary instruction
required according to tradition, be-
fore He became a Rabbi.

Did you require instruction before
becoming the minister that you are?
Or did you just walk in unprepared?

&

I would have posted this comment
on your blog, but in order to do so,
you have made it a requirement that
one must be properly registered.

Just to comment to you!

Why should less be required for
Communion with Christ?

:)

Mrs. Brown returns tomorrow
to her post of posting at

The Blog of the American
Chesterton Society- (link)

which has been ably manned
by Dr. Thursday of

GKC's Favourite. (link)

Dr. Thursday will continue
posting on a regular basis
one day a week at the ACS
blog-

Geez! & what day might that
be?

Welcome back, Mrs. B!

A wonderful new blog

linked on the right,

Vultus Christi- (link)...

Thanks to Terry from

Abbey-Roads (link)

&

Rome-ing Catholics. (link)

Doubly-good

news regarding Mrs. Brown,
from Flying Stars, (link)

&

The Blog of the American
Chesterton Society. (link)

She has checked out fine (link)
after a health scare-

Thank God!

& her next two books (link)
are almost ready to be sent
to the publisher:)

Congrats again, Mrs. B!

Un-

believable... (link)

By Barbara Beyer Malley

& illustrated by Leo Harrington.

Mrs. Malley has kindly informed me
that her activity book for children,
Read Me a Rhyme, Please, (link) is
now available:) Right on schedule!

It is a compilation of her mother's
wonderful poems, as well as follow-
up questions & activities that will
help children with reading compre-
hension & vocabulary- & a useful
tool for teachers & caregivers that
is educational, fun, & a wonderful
introduction to the delightful verse
of Ernestine Cobern Beyer, whose
poetry I have loved since I was a
kid.

Included is a picture of Barbara
reading to her great-grandson, &
a list of her past publications...

Following is some poetry by
Ernestine Cobern Beyer from
my archives... enjoy!

I've never seen

his show- but I know he got
this right. (link)

Amen, Mr. Stewart.

From:
Lonely Man's Blog. (link)

How to

pray the rosary. (link)