You may think you’re over wanting to impress the cool kids by the time you’re fifty years old, but when you have four teenage girls in the house, it does sneak up on you sometimes. simchafisher.com/2025/10/31/wha…

This administration wants to set itself up as somehow Christian. Let them, then, do the bare minimum: Welcome the stranger. simchafisher.com/2025/11/03/god…

Real pho is made with a bone broth, but I honestly figured I was already pushing my luck with an unfamiliar food, so I figured this would be sort of entry-level pho, and if they liked it, we could go from there. A phojascent soup, if you will. simchafisher.com/2025/11/07/wha…

In which I am competent and motivated! And yet. simchafisher.com/2025/11/14/wha…

“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.” simchafisher.com/2025/11/17/wha…

I hope God enjoys me being dumb, because it doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon. simchafisher.com/2025/11/19/omn…

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. simchafisher.com/2025/11/21/wha…

My annual list of gift suggestions for kids (age 8ish and up) and others! All under $100, most under $50. simchafisher.com/2025/11/23/a-b…

If you're making Thanksgiving pie -- or feeling out of kilter -- (((Simcha Fisher))) has some advice: pillarcatholic.com/p/in-praise-of…

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

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. simchafisher.com/2025/12/02/a-r…

What’s for supper? Vol. 450: Two pies for every girl simchafisher.com/2025/12/05/wha…

We are more consistent than we realize. Your Christmas will look the way you have decided to live. So, if you are materialistic all year long, then yes, your Christmas will almost certainly be materialistic. Sorry! But I did say “almost certainly.” simchafisher.com/2025/12/08/avo…

Usually the war on Christmas means a Walmart cashier said “Happy holidays," so you thundered back, “Merry CHRISTMAS” using your special scary St. Boniface voice. Don’t do that. You’ll wake up baby Jesus, and he just barely went down for his nap. simchafisher.com/2025/12/11/wha…

I have this thing where I want everything on a cake to be edible, even if no one in their right mind would actually eat it. But time was passing, so I let yet another pointless personal standard slip through my hands, and made a cake that was part plastic. simchafisher.com/2025/12/12/wha…

I grew up imagining I might someday be called upon to stand up for my faith against a government that openly hated Christianity.Instead, we’re called to stand up for our Christian faith against a government that openly sins but calls its sins Christianity. simchafisher.com/2025/12/18/chr…

Christmas With the Louvin Brothers is a great album,VASTLY better thanthose smarmy 50’s cocktail lounge versions that everyone thinks of as essential Christmas music.Start your kids on this album young, so they’re not jerks about it when they get older! simchafisher.com/2025/12/19/wha…

Maria Obscura. My Christmas column for The Pillar simchafisher.com/2025/12/24/mar…

What’s for supper? Vol. 453: Eat Pray Ugh simchafisher.com/2026/01/02/wha…

What’s for supper? Vol. 454: This is the account of what we had for supper. simchafisher.com/2026/01/09/wha…