Angel Gowns for NICU Babies Gone Home to God
Your wedding gown could be a gift for someone else. Margaret Rose Realy shares how.
Margaret Rose Realy Archive
Meatless Friday: Late-Summer Borscht
The story behind Margaret Rose Realy's borscht recipe is as captivating as the idea of a chilled soup on a hot, muggy day. This meatless soup is perfect for summer!
Homesick
Margaret Rose Realy ponders pilgrimage, homesickness and homecoming and their tie in to the Ascension.
A Muddy Situation
Sometimes when faced with a muddy situation, you just can’t dodge, just jump in and clean up later.
A Tatting of Green
Margaret Rose Realy looks at "mud season" -- that end of the winter, snow receding period that creates a longing for what is fresh and new.
Meatless Friday: Corn Chowder
Comfort food, a flexible recipe, and ease of preparation combine to make this corn chowder, using a recipe Margaret Rose Realy learned from her grandmother.
Preventing Babies Drowning
With Spring and Summer swim seasons approaching, Margaret Rose Realy offers an important safety tip for parents.
Fasting From…
Margaret Rose Realy invites us to rethink traditional ideas about the Lenten fast.
Knit-wit and a New Year’s Resolution
Still pondering a New Year's resolution—one that doesn't involve modification of nutritional intake? Something that will keep your hands busy so you don’t exceed the feed-limit? Become a charitable knit-wit!
This Is for the Birds
If you like feeding the birds through the winter, here are a few tips from Margaret Rose Realy, the Catholic Gardener.
Grandmother’s Table
A cleaning of a favorite article of furniture brings back memories of precious family moments.
Apples, Stars, and the Holy Trinity
Margaret Rose Realy suggest that apples are a wonderful tool for teaching the youngest of children about our faith.
A Party under the Oaks
A special celebration for the Blessed Mother's birthday!
Bringing your Garden Indoors
From spring forsythia branches to fall garden mums I bring the beauty and fragrance of my garden into the house. Some arrangements are minimalistic and modern; others are full and robust, looking very much like a 16th
Letting Go: Cleaning the Basement
When my friend, Linda, and I bought this house twenty-six years ago we had to literally dig out the basement with coal shovels. It looked like a hoarder lived downstairs. With the help of Linda’s family the
