I'm fascinated by legends of the saints in a similar vein to the Greek and Norse myths of the gods and goddesses. (I'm a fan-girl of...

Do you remember when I wrote about Lydia Purpuraria, the patron saint of dyers? Unless you were with me in the first couple years of this bl...

I had this post in draft form from last October. I still get a kick out of all the patron saints for different challenges and afflictions. ...

Greetings from Santa Fe, New Mexico! The first few days we spent in recovery mode: recovery from sickness, financial stress, the long lists ...

March 28 is the feast day of St. Alkelda . According to legend, Alkelda was an Anglo-Saxon princess in 800 A.D. who was strangled to death b...

Happy Valentine's Day! As I said in last year's post , I try to use this month to catch up on correspondence, as St. Valentine was a...

As promised, here is the view of our winter nature table at the House of Glee. The winter nature table had to be combined with the nativity ...

A few days ago, Lucia drew a picture of St. Zita , finder of lost keys, St. Anthony, finder of lost objects, and God: Bede said, "I won...

I recently started a satellite blog called A Storytelling of Crows . As of now, I plan for it to be primarily a site for me to share audio ...

If an object goes missing and you have to get it back, St. Anthony of Padua is your guy. It’s common to hear people mutter, “Anthony, Anth...

[ Photo of stained glass window of St. Blaise , courtesy of Romary by a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.] Two weeks ago, a mild col...

I posted a little review blurb for The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas on GoodReads . Not to toot my own horn here, but if you...

Action Figures (imagined) Caedmon of Whitby (Father of Sacred Poetry) Dymphna (Emotional Distress) Fiacre (Gardeners) Frances of Rome (M...

Last night, we had some family and friends over for dinner. At one point, Lucia took her napkin and dipped it into my brother's girlfrie...

Here is the post I wrote last year about Santa Lucia Day. Today, Bede is dropping our own Lucia off at school, and I hope he gets to stay f...

Chris Doyle of Reasonably Clever has a new LEGO Mini-Mizer (updated from the original ). I used the original Mini-Mizer to make my Saints ...

November 5, 2008 update: You can find videos with lantern songs right here on A Storytelling of Crows . St. Martin and the Beggar by El Gre...

Happy All Saints' Day! Two of my favorite resources for stories of the saints for children are Once Upon a Time Saints and More Once Up...

From a German manuscript, circa 1300 Next Saturday, September 29, is the feast of Michaelmas . The day commemorates the archangels Michael, ...

Diana of St. Fiacre's Garden tagged me to list the five saints I'd invite for dinner . I'm going to assume that the saints I in...