Archive for February, 2020

St. Gabriel Possenti: Patron Saint of Handgunners

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 27th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Today, February 27, is the Feast Day of St. Gabriel Possenti.Legend holds that Gabriel Possenti was a Catholic seminarian in Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy. In 1860 he is said to have used his skills with the pistol to drive off a band of marauding soldie…



Lenten Appetizer and Entrée Recipes

By From https://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Feb 25th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

No-stress delicious Lenten appetizer and meal recipes for you to enjoy and share!- Dill Pickle Cream Soup with Potatoes and Carrots- Coconut-Curry Collard Greens with Sweet Potato- Butter-Basted Halibut with Curried Cream Corn-&nbsp…



Lenten Appetizer and Entrée Recipes

By From https://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Feb 25th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

No-stress delicious Lenten appetizer and meal recipes for you to enjoy and share!- Dill Pickle Cream Soup with Potatoes and Carrots- Coconut-Curry Collard Greens with Sweet Potato- Butter-Basted Halibut with Curried Cream Corn-&nbsp…



Cigars of the Weekend

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 25th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

And for something a little different, some cigar updates…I’m tired of winter. (Actually that feeling emerged months ago.) So I was thrilled when this past  weekend we saw moderately warm and sunny days here in Virginia, when thermometer cracked 60…



Solo by Kwame Alexander

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Feb 23rd, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Solo

Simply the coolest book I’ve read in a long time. If I hadn’t forced myself to go to bed at midnight (2 hours after I started it) I would have read it one sitting. As it turned out, I read it in two sittings. It’s a YA novel about a …



Vanilla Almond Butter

By From https://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Feb 22nd, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

One of my favorite nut butter’s comes from Costco. I’m running low, and Costco isn’t just right down the street; so I decided maybe it was time to make my own nut butter. This almond butter, with pure vanilla extract, pure maple syrup, and flaxseed oil…



Vanilla Almond Butter

By From https://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Feb 22nd, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

One of my favorite nut butter’s comes from Costco. I’m running low, and Costco isn’t just right down the street; so I decided maybe it was time to make my own nut butter. This almond butter, with pure vanilla extract, pure maple syrup, and flaxseed oil…



Dill Pickle Cream Soup with Potatoes and Carrots

By From https://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Feb 20th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

So when I was little, my sister and I used to play with our Dad’s CB radio in his car. We even had handles. Hers was “Little Fisherman” and mine was “Picklehead”. Not sure if everyone we talked to loved us on there asking what everyone’s 10-20 was, but…



Dill Pickle Cream Soup with Potatoes and Carrots

By From https://www.pointsinmylife.com/ • Feb 20th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

So when I was little, my sister and I used to play with our Dad’s CB radio in his car. We even had handles. Hers was “Little Fisherman” and mine was “Picklehead”. Not sure if everyone we talked to loved us on there asking what everyone’s 10-20 was, but…



Saint José Sánchez del Río

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Feb 10th, 2020 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Today, February 10, is the anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint José Sánchez del Río. On this date in 1928, this 14 year old boy was killed by Mexican troops for refusing to renounce his Catholic faith during the Cristero War. The story of this period…