According to Father Paul Duffner, supernatural virtues that come with sanctifying grace are known as infused which distinguishes them from natural virtues that are acquired. Acquired virtues are good habits achieved over time through our own repeated effort such as the habit of telling the truth (veracity), the habit of dealing with trying situations (patience), and the habit of moderation in eating and drinking (temperance).
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Of Skeletons and Salsa
The Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos is celebrated in many countries throughout the world but where I live, we tend to think of it as a Mexican holiday. Indeed, it is. Celebrated on November 1st, in Mexico it is treated as a national holiday and as the name implies, it is a day for families to honor those loved ones who have passed before them.
Posted by Tammy on November 1, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/11/01/of-skeletons-and-salsa/
Imitation Being the Highest Form
We all have food traditions – recipes that are woven into our holiday and heritage celebrations. They’ve been handed to us with instructions scratched in the margins of cookbooks, on dog-eared recipe cards, or sometimes via hands-on kitchen instruction. They have names like Elsie’s Cranberry Ice, Grandad’s Horseradish Sauce or other words that indicate the culinary lineage.
Cookbook Corner in My Kitchen
Posted by Tammy on October 2, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/10/02/pasta-with-zucchini-sauce/
Picnics with Papas
Baked. Fried. Crisped. Mashed. Scalloped. Hashed and Browned. I have a thing for potatoes. They’ve graced our table since I was born and my early aspirations to be a pilot were simply because I was certain that those were mashed potatoes dotting the sky.
Mashed?
Posted by Tammy on September 23, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/23/picnic-potato-salad/
Happy Birthday!
My sister recently sent me an email looking for advice on a gift for her soon-to-be 16 year old. My reply? Uh, we’re not that big on birthdays.
This View is a Gift
Posted by Tammy on September 17, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/17/happy-birthday-raw-sweet-potato-pie/
Oniondated!
The task of the poet is often to create the extraordinary from something household and mundane. Perhaps this is the reason the onion has been the focus of so many poems. Pablo Neruda wrote them as crystalline orbs holding magic within their layers. But today the final stanza of a Margaret Clark poem most appeals to me:
Onions
cannot help being metaphors; they would rather stay
mysteries in the moist soil. They would rather I unwrap
myself. If I could, I tell them through the blur, I would.
Worthy of Poetry?
Posted by Tammy on September 8, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/09/08/oniondated/
Monsoon Madness
Photo editing by Calvin Hamilton
Like an astral collision, it yanks me from the deepest of dreams. Heart pounding, I wait. Then it comes again, a percussion onslaught. Electric webs force fed from the sky to ground and then, softly but growing steadily, like the paw steps from an army of schnauzers. Rain. I smile and return to sleep.
Posted by Tammy on August 26, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/08/26/grilled-red-onions-with-walnut-salsa/
Kasundi Sunday
You already know that my family is eggplant challenged. While I adore the firm meaty vegetable that takes on other flavors, I’m alone in my own home. I’ve managed to create a few acceptable dishes over the years but realistically, my family wants it off the menu.
At the Center of the Recipe
Posted by Tammy on August 19, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/08/19/eggplant-kasundi-brinjal-kasundi/
Honoring Okra and the Summer Games
Who knew? I was on my way to the office listening to an update about last night’s games when this story from National Public Radio struck me from across the airwaves. Apparently, from the dawn of the Olympic games until 1948, poetry was included as part of the competition.
Olympic Stamp 1960 Greece
Posted by Tammy on August 4, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/08/04/honoring-okra-and-the-summer-games/
“I like pie”
Urban dictionary says that this is a phrase used to politely decline to engage in discussion, with the implication that the original speaker is deliberately trying to upset or post flamebait. Perhaps I will have to do a future post on flamebait but as this political season heats up with all of its rhetoric and smear ads, I prefer the idea of eating more pie.
Summer Tomato Pie
Posted by Tammy on July 29, 2012
https://agrigirl.com/2012/07/29/i-like-pie/
Tammy
A wife, a mom, an executive, a certified leadership coach and a breast cancer survivor. I love learning and I love to write and I'm often fascinated with the life lessons that come from my kitchen. Focusing on community-based Placemaking is the way that I work towards creating a healthier planet.
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