Searching for a Balance

"Prettier musings of high-wrought love and eternal constancy could never have passed along the streets of Bath than Anne was sporting w...

September 29th is the feast of the three archangels - Raphael, Gabriel and Michael. "Lord, in a wonderful way you guide the work of a...

I'm {happy}  this week, because I found a {pretty}  stripe in my stash which blends well with this cheap quilt I'm finishing up. ...

Rotelle,  with (lots of) halved grape or cherry tomatoes, (lots of) diced cucumber, and (lots of) cubed cheddar. Toss with mixture of half ...

Without really intending to be an advertisement here, I have to say that my yarn arrived in the mail today! From Nevada.   I'm in New...

or maybe I should be saying bag-fellows. This bag I'm crocheting is using some of every color of worsted weight yarn I have, and it...

I wanted to measure the quilt - to find out how much binding to make. There are few things Dolly likes more than the tape measure. The...

I have one photo this week, but it's both a {real} , and a {happy} . The Four Cardinal Virtues , by Josef Pieper, has been recommend...

a vast improvement over his usual .

I went up to the attic today for some reason or other and came across a bag marked "black hat". I couldn't remember any blac...

Have you ever read any Jane Austen?  Have you been wanting to someday? Rachel, the Book Snob  is re-reading Persuasion , (which, if you...

she came along next to me and curled up on my knitting bag.

on a card -

A couple of years ago I bought this quilt top on ebay for five dollars.  I finally started machine quilting it - here and there when I find...

Dolly is often to be seen by the passersby in a chair in one of the doorways - with the fresh air coming in, if weather permits. She someti...

"Wrath and anger are hateful things,   yet the sinner hugs them tight. The vengeful will suffer the Lord's vengeance,   for he r...

she looked like I felt.

I made bread again today - Swedish Limpa Rye, from my Betty Crocker cookbook. Another good, chewy, crunchy thing which is particularly yumm...

There's nothing like baroque music to lift the spirits - I brought some cds home from work today, and decided that this one was just th...

for supper, to use up "too many" peppers. 

I'm joining with Deirdre and Leila this week, and the above is one of my {pretty}s.  A few weeks ago I was so fortunate as to win a giv...