Simcha Fisher

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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…

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.

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 …

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...

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!

Thank you!

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

sure, sure, you've been sober for three years but I'm

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…

In praise of balance (and pie). My debut at The Pillar! www.simchafisher.com/2025/11/24/i...

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…

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

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…

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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A hand holding a can of cooking spray and a very similar-looking can of butane

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

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…

I hope God enjoys me being dumb, because it doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon.
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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…

“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...

OK but imagine how it smelled in there

Duck owner here. Ducks don’t have a sense of anything. Head empty

BXVI on mourning. The man had a way with words

What’s for supper? Vol. 448: November, no cry Happy Friday! I’m in a bad mood, but I still made some good food!  SATURDAY Leftovers + taquitos  Just a regular shopping day. Shopping just gets more and more stressful because eve…

In which I am competent and motivated!
And yet.
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A back and white boxer resting his jowls on a chair seat and looking glum

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

is this good? I've been following a pretty strict "know as little as possible about bishops" policy, but it would be nice if the USCCB became less useless

I feel like I’ve seen these people on Instagram

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?

Big if true

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.

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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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