Searching for a Balance

 We got in the car this morning, heading down the road to go to Mass, and a little sparrow landed on the outside of the passenger side, wher...

 It was ninety-eight degrees on Tuesday; yesterday was supposed to be slightly cooler, with possible storms in the evening. I went to work a...

 I went to Mass this morning in the city. The cathedral choir sang "If Ye Love Me" by Thomas Tallis . Just beautiful.  This mornin...

 We've had a lot of windy days lately, and today was one of them, but bright blue and clear. The temperatures are up and down, like they...

Spring is definitely in the air! It's warmer, but not terribly; but the birds are singing, the daylight lasts longer, the paths my broth...

 Snow was predicted last night and all day today, and by morning light, everything looked fresh. Then around eight, visibility dropped and t...

 We're going to have snow Saturday. I'm looking forward to it, though it won't be much. Today there was sun, and I slipped outsi...

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

 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 ...

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 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...

 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...

 "I would feed my people with finest wheat and fill them with honey from the rock."                                               ...

 Yesterday was a most beautiful day - sunny, breezy, dry. A perfect day for washing a few windows, but other things had to come first. Today...

 Oh, the rain we've been having. And yesterday it was so cool and damp I actually shut all the windows and turned the heat back up. But ...

 I saw two rainbows today, and almost by chance. We went to the supermarket as it was getting dark, with a thunderstorm looming. It didn...

  May is Mary's month, and I Muse at that and wonder why: Her feasts follow reason, Dated due to season— Candlemas, Lady Day; But the La...

 My brother mowed the lawn yesterday. I stepped outside in the morning to empty some trash, in time to hear a mockingbird giving his spring ...

 It rained all day, and everything is puddled. It was a winter rain, it couldn't be described as a spring shower, at all. But I used the...

 Daisy knocked one of the kitchen curtains on the floor - There is one squirrel who isn't baffled by the - well, the squirrel baffle. Cl...