Searching for a Balance

I've come across mention of Thomas Traherne a couple of times lately and wonder if I should get some of his writings.  "Principles ...

 "True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is ...

 A tufted titmouse sitting under the back awning, working on breaking into his sunflower seed. and a squirrel we've observed, twice, sit...

 and a charming one, after snow throughout the night, and now everything looks clean and fresh. And, my wish for everyone who comes here, wh...

 Well, it was almost fifty today with lots of rain; the snow almost disappeared. Then suddenly, at nine tonight, the winds picked up and the...

 I'm enjoying the Christmas rest. We had snow again, on Friday, all night. It's been mostly cold, with a warm day every now and then...

This is the irrational season when love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason there'd have been no room for the child...

 Last year, I was looking for a gingerbread spice recipe/formula - I had lost mine. I found four or five and made one - wasn't too keen ...

I gussied up a little thrifted wreath with a short strand of fairy lights and some bright ribbon. It's on the front door. It has "f...

  Give you joy, wolf, when Messiah makes you meek and turns your roar into a cry that justice has been done for the poor. Give you joy, lamb...

Imagine, a rabbit delivering a piece of cake.

A former coworker had a special cookie she made at Christmas: chocolate, with an Andes mint candy melted on top. These were good, and she ga...

 They predicted snow all night, from ten to ten, and, we awoke to a blue morning. So mysterious.   Another thing about snow is that it mutes...

 I went out in the dark to toss a thing in the trash, and a rabbit was a little way off. He didn't move.  It turns out there is more tha...

 I used to try and darn my brother's socks when I noticed worn spots, but he said don't bother. With that in mind, I do the laundry ...

 "If Christ is formed of our lives, it means that He will suffer in us. ...It is extremely difficult to lay hold of this fact. ...It is...

 Just a little.   But it snowed again after the rain.  I'll take it!

 It snowed today. But then rain, and now it's gone. But - not forgotten! "Advent is a short season, yet it covers a long distance. ...

 Here we are again in Advent! It comes so quickly.  We feel his footsteps near, The Bridegroom at the door, Alleluia - Michael Reiser, ...

 Well, it was a nice day and we had a good time. The cats didn't end up getting any turkey - they were sleeping while we ate. Daisy, of ...

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...