Life of a Catholic Librarian

Hello all! And welcome to a Back to School themed episode of: Today I talk back-to-school, and fall Scentsy shenanigans! Plus, I finally reveal my Rhinebeck sweater, and what the heck that is. Join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com Items mentioned in this episode: My Scentsy website. Just send me an email if you'd like to join the Facebook group! On My Bookshelf: Amish Quilt Shop series. Murder Plainly Read (Book 4), and Murder Handcrafted (Book 5). Creative Commons: My Rhinebeck sweater, Opposite Pole, by Joji Locatelli. Yarn is Knit Picks' Wool of the Andes. My sweater specifically is in the Aurora Heather colorway. :) Link to the NY Sheep and Wool Festival! Prayer Corner: Novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe! Watch for my piece about him on Catholic Mom, this coming Monday 8/14.  What are you working on this weekend, dear readers? I'd love to hear from you!

We're getting closer to Gaudete/rose candle Sunday! It's our third installment in our weekly series for Advent: Today I gab about how our Advent is going, Christmas baking and traditions, and of course lots of book club talk. Join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com Items mentioned in this episode:  The Christmas Quilt, our Advent choice for book club. The first book in the Elm Creek Quilts series is The Quilter's Apprentice, and here is a search for the series in Amazon so that you can purchase others if you'd like to read more!  From the author's website, here is some fantastic information about the order of books in the series: The Elm Creek Quilts novels are a series of books written by Jennifer Chiaverini. The series includes twenty novels, one short story available as a e-book, and a reader's guide: The Quilter's Apprentice (1999) Round Robin (2000) The Cross-Country Quilters (2001) The Runaway Quilt (2002) The Quilter's Legacy (2003) The Master Quilter (2004) The Sugar Camp Quilt (2005) The Christmas Quilt (2005) Circle of Quilters (2006) The Quilter's Homecoming (2007) The New Year's Quilt (2007) The Winding Ways Quilt (2008) The Quilter's Kitchen (2008) The Lost Quilter (2009) A Quilter's Holiday (2009) The Aloha Quilt (2010) The Union Quilters (Feb 2011) The Wedding Quilt (Nov 2011) Sonoma Rose (Feb 2012) The Giving Quilt (Oct 2012) An Elm Creek Quilts Companion (Oct 2013) The Quilter's Ghost: An eShort Story (Oct 2015) In most of the books, the main character is a master quilter named Sylvia Bergstrom Compson. She and her young friend Sarah McClure open a quilters' retreat at Sylvia's family estate, Elm Creek Manor. Sarah and Sylvia run the "quilt camp" with the help of their friends, the Elm Creek Quilters. Other books are historical, featuring Sylvia's ancestors and earlier residents of the Elm Creek Valley. If you want to read the books in the order I wrote them, read them in the order listed above. However, since I wasn't planning to write a series, I have written each book so that it stands alone. On my book tour, I often hear longtime fans tell new readers that the books should be read in the order I wrote them, but other readers have told me that they have read the books out of order and were able to follow everything just fine. Ultimately it's up to the individual reader. Please note, however, that later books inevitably give away events that occurred in previous books. If you would like to read the books in something approximating chronological order, please note the following: The Christmas Quilt takes place in the interim between The Quilter's Apprentice and Round Robin. The Sugar Camp Quilt is set in 1849-1850, so it takes place before the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt. The Quilter's Homecoming is set mainly in 1925, but it branches off from a storyline introduced in The Christmas Quilt. The New Year's Quilt immediately follows The Quilter's Legacy. The Lost Quilter begins in 1859 immediately following the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt. A Quilter's Holiday takes place while Bonnie is in Hawaii in The Aloha Quilt. The Union Quilters begins in 1861 and runs mostly concurrently with The Lost Quilter. The Wedding Quilt takes place after A Quilter's Holiday and The Aloha Quilt, with flash forwards to the year 2028. Sonoma Rose is set in the Prohibition era immediately following the events of The Quilter's Homecoming. The Giving Quilt takes place when Sarah McClure's twins are four and a half years old. Whoa. Now I *really* want to go back and read the entire series! Next week we finish up and read Chapters 4 and 5! Let me know your thoughts on Chapter 3 below, or over in the thread on our Facebook group!

Wow, that went fast! It's our final episode for Advent 2017! Today I gab about the missing 4th Sunday of Advent :0, how it's suddenly a dance gig bonanza for New Year's Eve, and of course the conclusion of our Advent 2017 Book Club! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com Items mentioned in this episode:  Author's web page with the chronology of the Elm Creek Quilts series. The New Year's Quilt What are you thoughts on Chapters 4 and 5?! What would you like to see in 2018 on the blog and on the podcast?

So, we had a bit of a production delay ;-) and thus have a combined Lent/Easter edition of... Today I chat about my Triduum, 2018 edition, Henry and the marathon altar serving, and the poignancy of the Easter vigil mass. Join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Happy Easter everybody! How was your Triduum and Easter weekend? I'd love to hear from you!

So, we had a bit of a production delay ;-) and thus have a combined Lent/Easter edition of... Today I chat about my Triduum, 2018 edition, Henry and the marathon altar serving, and the poignancy of the Easter vigil mass. Join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Happy Easter everybody! How was your Triduum and Easter weekend? I'd love to hear from you!

I get all into liturgy nerd mode on our late-Lent edition of: I wax nostalgic a bit today about my cradle Catholic years with Lent and Easter, but having never experienced the Triduum liturgies until just a few years ago. We linger over Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil, and the meaning behind those liturgies. To be continued last week since I got so into this! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  What are your experiences with the Holy Week liturgies? Did you participate in them as a child, or only as an adult like me? I would love to hear from you!

I get all into liturgy nerd mode on our late-Lent edition of: I wax nostalgic a bit today about my cradle Catholic years with Lent and Easter, but having never experienced the Triduum liturgies until just a few years ago. We linger over Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil, and the meaning behind those liturgies. To be continued last week since I got so into this! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  What are your experiences with the Holy Week liturgies? Did you participate in them as a child, or only as an adult like me? I would love to hear from you!

We've come to the end of the 4th week of Lent, and another Lenten edition of... Today we wrap up the final installment in our sub-series on the 3 pillars of Lent, and discuss almsgiving! This includes giving of our time, talent and treasure, particularly during the Lenten season. I manage to weave in introvertism and an upcoming Catholic Mom book club. ;-) I hope you'll join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Items mentioned in this episode: USCCB page on almsgiving Catholic Mom "Waiting with Purpose" Book Club How is your Lent going, dear listener? What are your thoughts on almsgiving during the Lenten season? I'd love to hear from you!

We've come to the end of the 4th week of Lent, and another Lenten edition of... Today we wrap up the final installment in our sub-series on the 3 pillars of Lent, and discuss almsgiving! This includes giving of our time, talent and treasure, particularly during the Lenten season. I manage to weave in introvertism and an upcoming Catholic Mom book club. ;-) I hope you'll join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Items mentioned in this episode: USCCB page on almsgiving Catholic Mom "Waiting with Purpose" Book Club How is your Lent going, dear listener? What are your thoughts on almsgiving during the Lenten season? I'd love to hear from you!

We're in the middle of a short series this Lent, as we podcast our way through to Holy Week... I'm in the middle of a trio of episodes on the 3 pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Our episode today focuses on fasting. How does this work in the daily life of your average married, work outside of the home mom, who is all rushy rushy on a regular basis? We reflect a bit on how fasting involves more that just abstaining from food between meals. Join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Items mentioned in this episode: USCCB reflection on fasting How has fasting played a part in your Lent this year? I'd love to hear from you!

We're in the middle of a short series this Lent, as we podcast our way through to Holy Week... I'm in the middle of a trio of episodes on the 3 pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Our episode today focuses on fasting. How does this work in the daily life of your average married, work outside of the home mom, who is all rushy rushy on a regular basis? We reflect a bit on how fasting involves more that just abstaining from food between meals. Join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Items mentioned in this episode: USCCB reflection on fasting How has fasting played a part in your Lent this year? I'd love to hear from you!

We're going to start examining the 3 pillars of Lent, horray! Join me for another special Lenten edition of: We're talking Lenten pillars for the next 3 weeks, and today we're starting with prayer. Scripture, prayer postures, structured vs. more informal prayer, we cover it all! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Items mentioned in this episode: USCCB page on Lent Catholic Journaling Bible Blog that I mentioned re: transferring things to the journaling Bible How are you employing prayer this Lent? I'd love to hear from you!

We're going to start examining the 3 pillars of Lent, horray! Join me for another special Lenten edition of: We're talking Lenten pillars for the next 3 weeks, and today we're starting with prayer. Scripture, prayer postures, structured vs. more informal prayer, we cover it all! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Items mentioned in this episode: USCCB page on Lent Catholic Journaling Bible Blog that I mentioned re: transferring things to the journaling Bible How are you employing prayer this Lent? I'd love to hear from you!

I'm back with another short episode of the Tea Time podcast for the first full week of Lent! Today we chat about Lenten resolutions. What are mine? How are they going? What are yours? Is it possible to get back on the bandwagon after falling off? I'd love to hear from you! *I said Magnificat Advent Companion in the recording, when I obviously meant the Magnificat Lenten Companion! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Comment below on all things Lenten resolutions!

I'm back with another short episode of the Tea Time podcast for the first full week of Lent! Today we chat about Lenten resolutions. What are mine? How are they going? What are yours? Is it possible to get back on the bandwagon after falling off? I'd love to hear from you! *I said Magnificat Advent Companion in the recording, when I obviously meant the Magnificat Lenten Companion! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  Comment below on all things Lenten resolutions!

Hey looky, a SURPRISE! I was inspired this week, and so have the first episode in a Lenten series to share with you: These are going to be *short*, 9ish minute vignettes that I share each Friday during Lent on a Lenten theme or my own Lenten experience. This week I talk about Ash Wednesday, and my attitude of starting Lent off strong. I hope that you'll join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  How was your Ash Wednesday, dear listener? I'd love to hear from you!

Hey looky, a SURPRISE! I was inspired this week, and so have the first episode in a Lenten series to share with you: These are going to be *short*, 9ish minute vignettes that I share each Friday during Lent on a Lenten theme or my own Lenten experience. This week I talk about Ash Wednesday, and my attitude of starting Lent off strong. I hope that you'll join me! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe in your podcast app of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com  How was your Ash Wednesday, dear listener? I'd love to hear from you!

Wow, that went fast! It's our final episode for Advent 2017! Today I gab about the missing 4th Sunday of Advent :0, my trip to see Cristina, how it's suddenly a dance gig bonanza for New Year's Eve, and of course the conclusion of our Advent 2017 Book Club! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com Items mentioned in this episode:  Author's web page with the chronology of the Elm Creek Quilts series. The New Year's Quilt Cristina and I! What are you thoughts on Chapters 4 and 5?! What would you like to see in 2018 on the blog and on the podcast?

Well HELLO there! I feel like it's been awhile, though it's not like I've been away from the blog for any length of time. :0 But Tea Time is back in it's seasonal format, and here we are at episode 1 for Advent 2015! *streamers* Today we talk about the format for Tea Time going forward and the seasonal way it will be produced for the foreseeable future (lots of catching up and what's happening, a Catholic tidbit, and then seasonal specials), before moving into our Advent Book Club! Horray! There will be a new Tea Time each week for the next 4 weeks. CAVEAT: The audio quality this week is very poor, I'm so sorry about that! Being out of practice, I did not properly record the audio while I recorded live, and thus had to go back and capture it from the video, which leads to ca ca in terms of audio. It's something at least for those of you who prefer to listen rather than watch the video. There are also a couple of wonky spots where I had to edit out notification noises that I did not anticipate. *collapses* Next week, I will be back in the groove, I promise! **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com Items mentioned in this episode: Pray More Novenas - Immaculate Conception Novena The Christmas Quilt, by Jennifer Chiaverini Schedule for our Advent Book Club OK, let me hear from you! Are you praying the Immaculate Conception novena? Book Clubbers, what did you think of chapter 1?!

Virtual high five everybody! I'm back for a second week in our Advent Tea Time series! Today in What's Happening, I talk about Christmas gift buying progress (*snort* it's not going all that well), and lots of dance news. We review the Blessed is She Advent Journal, before moving into our book club chat for chapter 2 of The Christmas Quilt! I thought this chapter was much more emotional than chapter 1. **To subscribe to the audio version of Tea Time with Tiffany, just search for it in iTunes or use this link to subscribe via Feedburner in your podcatcher of choice. Intro music is "Feelin' Good" from http://www.purple-planet.com Items mentioned in this episode: Blessed is She Advent Journal (in digital download form). The Christmas Quilt (our Advent 2017 book club selection). Book Club schedule (next week we are reading Chapter 3, which is a bit longer than the previous chapters). The Quilter's Homecoming (Elm Creek Quilts Book 10, this is the installment with Elizabeth's story after she moves to California with her new husband). Anne at The Nutcracker:  How is your Advent going, dear ones?! Christmas shopping? Please do share thoughts on Chapter 2 of The Christmas Quilt, and I'll have the post up in the Facebook group as well momentarily!