by Kate Dolan | Apr 11, 2020 | Faith, Holidays, Religion and Magic
This afternoon, as we took a windy walk, we passed a dogwood tree in full bloom and I asked my daughter if she knew the legend of the dogwood at Easter. I hope the owner of the tree doesn’t mind, because I took a flower home for Good Friday. Then I started researching...
by Kate Dolan | Mar 13, 2020 | 19th Century America, Articles, Faith, Latest Posts, Living History
Since I did not write the blog post I’d planned for Black History Month, I thought I’d cover February and March (Women’s History Month) with a few words about Amanda Berry Smith, who was born in rural Baltimore County in 1837. Amanda’s parents were enslaved to the...
by Kate Dolan | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Living History, Religion and Magic
When I started building my nativity set, we could only afford to buy a few figures and I got animals to go along with the nuclear holy family because I thought a young child would find furry four-legged creatures more interesting than men in bathrobes. Each year we...
by Kate Dolan | Dec 12, 2018 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Romans
The camel really stole the show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in my opinion. While Mary, Joseph and the heavenly host gaze reverently at Jesus in the manger, the camel is looking in the other direction and laughing, like he’s making jokes with the visitors who walk by....
by Kate Dolan | Nov 8, 2018 | Articles, Faith, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts
Most of my blogs deal with fun topics like interesting places to visit or obscure historical facts. And that’s why I have avoided writing this one. But the recent news stories involving Asia Bibi reminded me that I can’t always ignore the ugly realities in our world....
by Kate Dolan | Oct 8, 2017 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic, The Irish
I once saw a guy in my office printing out drawings of jack o’lanterns with a line through them. At first, I wondered what he had against pumpkins. How can any parent not like a smiling vegetable? Then I read the message under the picture “Sorry, no trick...
