Lent At Your Parish
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, March 07, 2011
While I was on the path to conversion, I had a dear friend who kept needling me to “go Anglican” instead.
(Yes, I was the kind of nerd who stayed up late nights debating ecclesiology. You can’t hold it against me, I’ve been baptized since.)
The day of my baptism, one of our mutual friends taunted, “Aren’t you going to congratulate Rebecca?”
My friend, who’d taken a good run at me, responded, “I see... READ MORE
Lunch Before Thanksgiving
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Turkey and all the trimmings? Piece of cake!
You know what aspect of any Thanksgiving is hardest for me?
The meal right before the big feast.
The one where I’m multi-tasking several different dishes, scurrying to finish so I can get the kitchen in shape, get the wine chilling, shower and be presentable before guests arrive.
Somehow it’s always at the peak of this activity that the kids (and sometimes... READ MORE
Must We Bare Our Soles?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Health on Friday, April 09, 2010
Do people wear shoes in your house?
In many countries it’s unheard of to wear shoes in the house.
Hygiene-wise it makes perfect sense—do you know where those shoes have been?
Nevertheless, compulsory shoe removal strikes against my sensibilities.
- I didn’t grow up that way.
- I lived for awhile with a Venezuelan roommate who had a cultural horror of bare feet. One just didn’t take one’s shoes off... READ MORE
Horace’s Christmas Disappointment
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
We’ve read each other’s culinary traditions for Christmas. What about the other customs?
When do you go to Mass? When do you open presents? We host a dinner for extended family Christmas Eve, attend Midnight Mass, then travel across town to my mom’s for the assembled cousins to exchange gifts, followed by brunch (lox and bagels always! plus other stuff) and generally hanging out together until the... READ MORE
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