Category: Christian Life
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Marriage, Merriment, Meaning
Our club is called Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party instead of Saint Teresa’s Terpsichoreans or Saint Michael’s Merrymakers because of a chance remark made by a small boy years ago when […]
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Things that are of edification
Back home in Canada my father has U.S. Civil War battlefield letters written or preserved by some American ancestor. One epistle is dated July 4, and the writer reminisces about […]
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A Legacy of Dance
It is the birthday of my Scots-Canadian grandmother Gladys, the first person who tried teach me to dance, and it is my St Agnes’ Day tradition to write about her, […]
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Winter Events 2025/6
There were 15 cheerful souls at our tea party on Saturday, and I thank the host very much for his hospitality. We feasted on sandwiches, banana bread, chocolate chip cookies […]
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A Short(ish) Digression about Love
I love the traditional Catholic movement: the dedication to the beautiful Mass of Ages, the claiming of our glorious musical patrimony, the study of the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, […]
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Dancing for Joy
The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen (Isaiah 9:2). Some Catholics […]
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May I introduce … ?
Many people are frightened of entering a crowded room of strangers. It is not my favourite activity, either. In general, I do not go alone to social events. Either I […]
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Traditional Catholic Culture in Poland, or My Trip
My favourite hobby is not dancing but learning Polish. This comes in handy when I visit Poland or small Polish visitors turn up at my door brandishing storybooks. It is […]
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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. […]