Saturday, February 27, 2010

Winter Wonderland

So we've continued to get little bits of snow every few days. We have a ground cover of about six inches right now, with certainly more to come. All this snow and the Olympics being on makes me think about skiing. Although I'm in pancake land, all I can think about are the mountains. The last time I went skiing was back in 2006, with my Mom and my sister. It was quite a hilarious trip! My Mom and I enjoyed it - my sister, not so much. Perhaps our 2 minute "detour" on the double black trail was enough.

Anyway, I think that when I graduate and finally get a real job and a real life (although I resent the idea that my current life is not part of the "real" world- as if I'm living in some parallel universe) I think I'll take up skiing as a hobby. That would mean I'd have to live somewhere near mountains... Makes me think of Frassati, to whom my blog is dedicated, and about whom I have not spoken in far too long, who wrote: "Every day that passes I fall more in love with the mountains; if it weren't for my studies, I would spend entire days up in the pure mountain air, contemplating the greatness of the Creator..."

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Rick Steves


Those of you who knew me in undergrad know that I love Rick Steves. It's been 5 years since my last trip to Europe, and with the potential for travel in Europe on my horizon, I thought I'd check out his website again and see some of his updates. (Not to mention, I found out Rick Steve's son is here at ND).

I found the following videos which I thought were delightful, informative, and thought-provoking.

Travel as a Political Act

http://www.youtube.com/ricksteves#p/a/4057D3B4E1FA80B3/0/TJbv4BdrDzs

http://www.youtube.com/ricksteves#p/a/4057D3B4E1FA80B3/1/Wran4i-HLDw

http://www.youtube.com/ricksteves#p/a/4057D3B4E1FA80B3/2/fK6mKEV11bw

Monday, February 15, 2010

Bring on the Incense!

I've always loved the smell of incense at Church. To me- the more the merrier! Apparently, incense has healing properties.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8505251.stm

Bring on the incense!

Thanks for a prof of mine for mentioning this intriguing article.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Great Quote

Along the same lines of my more recent posts, I just got this quote in my inbox, courtesy of E-devotions from FUS:

“Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who asks us to place at the center of our lives love for him and for the people he has loved. It is especially adolescents and young people, who feel within them the pressing call to love, who need to be freed from the widespread prejudice that Christianity, with its commandments and prohibitions, sets too many obstacles in the path of the joy of love and, in particular prevents people from fully enjoying the happiness that men and women find in their love for one another.”

Pope Benedict XVI Family: Spiritual Thoughts Series, USCCB Publishing