Welcome to Fide and Femina!  My name is Anna, and I’ll be your host into many worlds. I am a writer, wife, mother, “Marmee” to eight, chef, pianist, reader, knitter, crocheter, seamstress, artist, gardener (sort of), advocate for freedom, and housekeeper. Not necessarily in that order. I am a beginner in some of those worlds, and not an expert in any of them. But I feel that’s what makes this little life of mine interesting - variety! I could assign other labels to myself, but that is enough for the time being.  When I decided to go back to blogging, it was for several reasons:  I want to be myself.  When I’m writing for someone else, there are rules put in place that don’t always allow me to simply be who I am, to say what I wish, etc. So this is a place I can be free of what can sometimes be stifling expectations.  Lack of censorship.  I’m weary of the war on words, which is ultimately a war on freedom. I want to be able to say what’s clanging around in m...