Searching for a Balance

I had some windows open today while I did my work, it was so mild! The dampness didn't matter because I was using the oven. The cats wer...

 I keep seeing what look like orange berries in the hedge outside my window, so I went outside before dark to get a closer look; they had an...

 When I wash the table, she appears. Out of nowhere! She waits for me to remove the runner and other things, to wash the placemats. She wait...

 Once again we are at the feast of Christ the King.  Crown him with many crowns, as thrones before him fall; Crown him, ye kings, with many ...

 Today, we remembered St. Cecilia. She sang in her heart to the Lord, and now she is the patron on musicians. From Magnificat - For those wh...

  I finished tying the baby quilt today, and it's washed and ready for my friend's little one. I tied it on the "wrong" si...

 

  the baby quilt "The church is the 'sheltering womb and matrix of the new world' that remakes the world. The world, in a sense...

 I thought I could do more out in the garden area today but it suddenly rained a bit and got damp and cold. Still, I did go out later and sa...

 "Christ dwells in our churches so that we may easily come close to him, and once we have encountered him in these buildings, we oursel...

 "That wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God's realm where every...

  This little piece of whatever is almost done. It might not look bad in the spare bedroom, under a lamp. I suppose you would only know abou...

 I was in the kitchen a lot today, but in the midst of it found time to wash another window - one left! (the dreaded over-the-sink window) a...

 "The saints are the great revolutionaries in the area of loving God and neighbor. Through their total commitment to God, they are able...

 It was very windy yesterday, and I was watching the oak trees blowing outside the window at work. We don't have oaks on our street. I w...

 I've been washing windows. I'm getting a little nervous; it's almost November and it's mainly in the fifties during the day...

 I awoke nice and early this morning, but the cats were before me; I heard the running, then the skidding, then a bang, as someone hit somet...

There are days which can only happen in October, and today was one of them. What I mean is, golden leafed trees, heavy rain giving an even w...

 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....