SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
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Simcha is Fisher, wife, mother of ten, slob, drinker, selective pedant, and blabbermouth. She is the author of The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning. Simcha freelance here and there, blog for The Catholic Weekly, contribute articles and scripture reflections to America Magazine, write columns for Parable Magazine and Our Sunday Visitor, and speak nationwide.
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
4d ago
It’s vacation week here, and we’re playing some games! We have two new (to us) games in the house, and they’re both good family games (i.e., designed to be played by people of different ages together), and they’re both easy to learn. Very different in every other way, though. First game: First Taco Cat Goat ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
1w ago
Happy Friday! Pretty straightforward meals this week, because everything else was complicated enough. Spring is undeniably here, finally, even though there are still a few sodden, grimy hills of snow lurking about here and there. Every tree has a little halo of high green or red, right on the verge of exploding into true green ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
1w ago
The other day, I happened across a brief summary of the stories of Ida and Louise Cook, a pair of British sisters. They were a secretary and a romance novelist who lived with their parents. And they quietly saved the lives of dozens of European Jews in the 1930’s. “Quietly” is the operative word. They knew ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
2w ago
Happy Friday! This week at our house was A DOOZY. Possibly multiple doozies. Luckily, most of it was scheduled dooze, except for both cars having issues (my sliding door stopped closing, and one of Damien’s tires blew out spectacularly, and also his alternator lost its will to alternate) and also Damien has been working on ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
2w ago
It was four years ago, at this time of year, that COVID social isolation began in earnest. Remember? First we started staying home from Mass, then from school, then from everything else. The thing that brought me up short, though, was when it dawned on me we wouldn’t be back to normal in time for ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
2w ago
I’m a big believer in small, achievable goals. There are times when it’s appropriate to take a giant leap and commit to drastic changes, and there are times when drastic changes are forced upon us, and we have to decide whether to handle it poorly or well. But most of life is about little things ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
3w ago
Happy Friday! Happy Friday that is within the octave of Easter, and you know what that means: Every Good Boy Deserves Flesh. And that’s why, right now, there are two giant racks of pork ribs rubbed all over with sugar and spice, waiting for the heat. Resurrexit! HOLY SATURDAY Seder! Actual Passover is not for ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
3w ago
By Damien Fisher Church Militant is dead. Viva Church Militant. The defunct Catholic news outlet is embroiled in a brand new lawsuit, and its disgraced founder is still battling a defamation case while trying to restart the business in Texas. But none of these tribulations is Michael Voris’ fault, according to Michael Voris. In November ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
1M ago
Daniel Mitsui likes drawing on calfskin vellum the best. It’s popular with artists who, like Mitsui, create works in a medieval northern European style. But it’s not mere tradition or attachment to history that makes calfskin so appealing to Mitsui. “It’s really, really, really nice,” he said. “It’s a very precise medium because, on a ..read more
SIMCHA FISHER – I have to sit down.
1M ago
How do you keep the Triduum well? The obvious and maybe best way is to take advantage of whatever your parish is offering on these three final days before Easter: Holy Thursday Mass, veneration of the cross, stations of the cross, Tenebrae, adoration. Or if you can’t do these things with your fellow Catholics in ..read more