Author: Dorothy McLean
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Planning the Michaelmas Dance
I have survived a series of misadventures—including spraining my poor knee—and now it is time to plan this year’s Michaelmas Dance! It will be on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from […]
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A June Dance Party
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, the day I had two hours booked in the parish hall for a waltzing and ceilidh rehearsal. After various emails and phone calls with […]
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And the dance goes on!
Dear dancers, please pardon my silence. Mr McLean and I have decided that we must move from our lovely little upper villa to a home friendlier to wheelchairs, and so […]
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On (not) dancing in Glasgow
Once again, I was reminded of Michael Platt’s essay about music and dancing: In all dancing, the dancers move to the same music; mere individuals are formed into a community. […]
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Three Days of Dancing
I try not to get distracted from my dancing goal, which is to make or secure safe spaces for traditional Catholics to dance. Reminding myself of this goal has saved […]
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Homeschooler Prom 1
A friend of mine from way back published an eye-catching photo of her homeschooled daughter Faustina at an old-fashioned American prom, and I was intrigued. Part of the project of […]
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Hop on in!
I was in Tesco during Easter Week and saw that coir doormats were on sale for £1.50 because they were stamped with Easter references. Tesco clearly doesn’t know that Easter […]
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The Eastertide Dance 2025
The Stoics underscore grasping what you can and cannot control. Among the few things we directly control are our reactions to things beyond our control. Thus, on Friday when I […]
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No Dancing Today
Pope Francis died this morning in Rome. Tonight’s dancing workshop at St. Andrew’s Ravelston Catholic Church parish rooms in Edinburgh is therefore cancelled. I have spent a lot of time […]
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Christian Life is Service
I once told a priest about feeling depressed, and he suggested volunteer work as a remedy. Volunteer work was not the answer I was looking for. I had done bibs […]