Simcha Fisher
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
What’s for supper? Vol. 450: Two pies for every girl
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What’s for supper? Vol. 450: Two pies for every girl
Happy Friday! Brr, it’s cold. Boo, I’m fat. I finally dragged myself up on the scale because I figured I was thinking about it constantly anyway, and I might as well know what I’m…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What’s for supper? Vol. 450: Two pies for every girl
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As a late adopter, this is my first ever Spotify wrapped. I feel OK about this.
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As a late adopter, this is my first ever Spotify wrapped. I feel OK about this.
I do dearly love giving advice. So as it is Giving Tuesday, here is my best, most practical advice for how to have a pretty good December.
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A ruthlessly practical to-do list for December
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’m not going to tell you what trending decor you need to buy to make your house look both WOW and NOW for Christmas this year. I’m not going …
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December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I do dearly love giving advice. So as it is Giving Tuesday, here is my best, most practical advice for how to have a pretty good December.
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My friend Kyra makes incredibly beautiful and strong chain mail jewelry, and it's still on sale today and tomorrow. Grab it while you can! She's not just an artist, she's a single mom of 4 kids with special needs, and shopping from her is a mitzvah. www.ironlacedesign.com/shop?Categor...
Shop Now | IronLaceDesign
Shop all of the pieces in the catalog, both those ready to ship and made to order!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My friend Kyra makes incredibly beautiful and strong chain mail jewelry, and it's still on sale today and tomorrow. Grab it while you can! She's not just an artist, she's a single mom of 4 kids with special needs, and shopping from her is a mitzvah. www.ironlacedesign.com/shop?Categor...
Can someone recommend a leather goods business that is indigenous American-owned? My searches keep turning up goods that look vaguely native-y, and that’s not what I want!
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Can someone recommend a leather goods business that is indigenous American-owned? My searches keep turning up goods that look vaguely native-y, and that’s not what I want!
I made 25 pies this week, and I’m proud of myself! Pie proud.
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I made 25 pies this week, and I’m proud of myself! Pie proud.
How to make roses out of pie crust in 90 seconds
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How to make roses out of pie crust in 90 seconds
sure, sure, you've been sober for three years but I'm
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
sure, sure, you've been sober for three years but I'm
In praise of balance (and pie). My debut at The Pillar! www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/24/i...
In praise of balance (and pie). My debut at The Pillar!
A couple of weeks ago, I broke my toe. Even though it was only just a very little toe — a piggy, if you will — the break is really cramping my style. It’s hard to walk and hard to stand in one plac…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In praise of balance (and pie). My debut at The Pillar! www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/24/i...
My annual list of gift suggestions for kids (age 8ish and up) and others! All under $100, most under $50. www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/23/a...
A bunch of gifts our ten kids liked, as far as I can tell: The 2025 list!
Here we go! This is my tenth annual list of Christmas present ideas. It used to be that I’d only include things I could wholeheartedly endorse, because I had witnessed my kids using or playin…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My annual list of gift suggestions for kids (age 8ish and up) and others! All under $100, most under $50. www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/23/a...
When my late dad had to sign something silly, he would use the name “Horace J. Schmidlapp.” I guess I must have used that name for something at some point because now I get these emails
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When my late dad had to sign something silly, he would use the name “Horace J. Schmidlapp.” I guess I must have used that name for something at some point because now I get these emails
If you are one of those people who does things the right way and can’t understand why anyone would not do things the right way, these next few paragraphs may not be for you. All right.
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What’s for supper? Vol. 449: In which certain patterns emerge
Happy Friday! The last Friday before Thanksgiving. I haven’t even thought about our Thanksgiving menu this year, except that I have a new roll recipe I’m pretty excited about. Oh, and I…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you are one of those people who does things the right way and can’t understand why anyone would not do things the right way, these next few paragraphs may not be for you. All right.
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Good thing the cap on the first can I grabbed was hard to get off, or dinner would have been LIT
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Good thing the cap on the first can I grabbed was hard to get off, or dinner would have been LIT
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions
I hope God enjoys me being dumb, because it doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon.
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Omniscient, omnipotent, and a little bit gauche
The wonderful musical Fiddler on the Roof famously begins with the song “Tradition.” Each group in the shtetl – the papas, the mamas, the daughters, the sons – sings a chorus describing their lives…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I hope God enjoys me being dumb, because it doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon.
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“Hope is a great stripping away,” he said. “What I hope for is to see the face of God, and whatever else I thought I needed, I don’t really need.” www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/17/w...
What does it really mean to be a pilgrim of hope?
What does it really mean to be a pilgrim of hope? We all know what hope is, more or less. The Gospels call Christians to hope countless times, and Pope Francis, planning ahead, invited Catholics to…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Hope is a great stripping away,” he said. “What I hope for is to see the face of God, and whatever else I thought I needed, I don’t really need.” www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/17/w...
BXVI on mourning. The man had a way with words
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
BXVI on mourning. The man had a way with words
He has been uninvited from yoga
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
He has been uninvited from yoga
A shepherd who knows what it’s like to have embarrassing pictures of yourself back when you thought you were a cool sheep
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A shepherd who knows what it’s like to have embarrassing pictures of yourself back when you thought you were a cool sheep
Reposted by Simcha Fisher
The Church has a preferential option for the poor—but who are the poor? Might they be a President with low approval ratings? Might they be the aspiring trillionaire getting wrecked by Joyce Carol Oates on their own website?
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Church has a preferential option for the poor—but who are the poor? Might they be a President with low approval ratings? Might they be the aspiring trillionaire getting wrecked by Joyce Carol Oates on their own website?
Reposted by Simcha Fisher
it has been a good long minute since I read America Magazine but JD Vance getting schooled in a Jesuit publication is the absolute sweetest plum
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JD Vance’s immigration comments are an insult to our Catholic faith
This administration wants to set itself up as somehow Christian. Let them, then, do the bare minimum: Welcome the stranger.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
it has been a good long minute since I read America Magazine but JD Vance getting schooled in a Jesuit publication is the absolute sweetest plum
www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
Reposted by Simcha Fisher
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
