Searching for a Balance

 I am almost finished with the navy shift with purple flowers. It is the second of three summery dresses I thought it would be good to have ...

 We went to a funeral yesterday. An older man had a severe stroke, hung on for about three weeks and then passed away. He and his wife hadn...

Well, it was pretty cool today and will be freezing tonight, so I guess that's the end of summer. The forecast predicts days in the fift...

 The Bishop came by yesterday, and he quoted my favorite president: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. I...

It's the Feast of the Guardian Angels today. "Walk cautiously; the angels are everywhere near at hand, as God has charged them, in ...

In high school I was in the chorus, and we sang "Poor Man Lazarus" by Jester Hairston. We loved singing it: "Poor man Lazar...

Well, it's fall. Our days are shorter than our nights now. I am getting up later and later, because I just love to get up when it's ...

 "I ask that all supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that...

The nasturtium bloomed. I was wondering if it would. The other things on the front steps are in the pink family, so I'll have to figure ...

 

" Lord Jesus Christ, by your death on the cross, you triumphed over sin and death. Raise our fallen world to the glory no human wisdom ...

 Well, everyone's stunned by the sudden death of Charlie Kirk, assassinated by a sniper with a high-powered rifle. He must have been hir...

  We're back to dry, cooler days after two or three of warm and humid; there was plenty of rain, too, including a thunderstorm Saturday....

 I came across this somewhere and wrote it down. I just found it again today. "Do not rush after the planned work. Trust that the time ...

  For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all that love has found us, thanks be to God. - words by F...

 That was Coleridge. And oh, a day of cool air, breezing in my window, puffy clouds all over the sky! But I didn't move fast enough to r...

  O God, you search me and you know me. All my thoughts lie open to your gaze. When I walk or lie down you are before me: Ever the maker and...

 I was listening to a podcast the other day, with Huw Richards and a fellow named Patrick Holden  - fascinating, by the way - anyhow, they m...

 Oh my goodness, the perfect day. And in August, of all things!  It's been a summer of so many hot, hot days, and so much humidity. Toda...

  Daisy, holding down the pattern pieces for me. Such a little helper! I am making very slow progress on this dress, basically just figuring...

 “A key spiritual principle is that grace is sheer gift. And when you cling to a gift, hoarding it for yourself, you undermine its nature as...

 Such a beautiful day! The haze from fires in Canada has been enough to make your eyes burn, but not today! Dry air and a breeze. Our plants...

 Last week an old gentleman came into the library; he was looking for another book by a favorite author. I told him where to find it, but wh...

 "So, go forth, O generous apostles of Jesus Christ, go wherever he calls you. I know you will run into great labors, serious difficult...

 

 "...I think all beauty adds to our heritage, whether it be the flawless purity of the Greek in the Parthenon or the rich and lavish sp...

 We went on a little field trip to the cathedral in the city, a pilgrimage.  I had been there for Sunday mass a few times - it's a moder...

I heard the voice of Jesus say, I am this dark world's light; Look unto me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright. Margary, who...

the little landscape round was green and woody, and refresh'd the eye*   Summer is moving along too fast. I've worked extra a number...