Searching for a Balance

"Although the desire to be useful can be a sign of mental and spiritual health in our goal-oriented society, it can also become the sou...

I was cleaning the hall closet the other day - there's been a little latex-backed rug in there for ages, and it was getting crumbly - I ...

the rest of the spaghetti sauce, that is.

I'm still working on the squares for the baby blanket - I've done four; three pink and a cream. I just finished Madam, Will You T...

Listening to some classical radio this morning, I found out it was the birth anniversary of Leo Delibes, born 1836.  I know nothing about hi...

I saw one in a book and had to try my hand at it, made with some cotton from an old blouse. I stitched around the edges by hand, as you c...

with the crocheted bag I finished (ages ago), my mother's suitcase , and the button and circle quilt  which will take almost forever be...

but I know darn well she wouldn't eat it.

Don't you love those pitcher and bowl sets that you see in period films which take place before the era of running water?  I do. I ha...

"The eyes of an animal have the capacity of a great language.  I sometimes look into the eyes of a house cat.  Undeniably, this ca...

Yesterday the blackbirds came back - for a while they were all over the place. I haven't seen them come or go in years - I guess the...

I bought this from Anna  a few months ago - it was already pieced, and layered with a corduroy backing and cotton flannel in between, and p...

I've had my eye on this cute baby blanket for a couple of years, I think.  I recently got some chunky yarn reduced at a local yarn stor...

Charles Dickens was born two hundred years ago today  - something impossible to ignore. A Happy Birthday to him.  And God bless us, ever...

Put now your trust in God, In duty's path go on; Walk in His strength with faith and hope, So shall your work be done. Commit your ...

...I love an original simile, but they're not so common.   I picked up an old Country Living  from 20 plus years ago; there's a stor...

Saturday is such a long day, and I'm always looking for a way to re-think my routine, such as it is, so that I can get things done while...

Dolly captured contentment today by perching near the Holy Family. She's the right color, but the proportions are kinda {funny} . I c...

A smallish hawk landed in one of our backyard trees yesterday. He was pretty, but my brother chased an unsuspecting squirrel out of his w...

This is for Carmen  - she wanted the cake recipe from yesterday's post. Lemon and Walnut Tea Bread 1/2 c. butter or margarine, room t...

My elderly neighbor had a birthday coming up, and she asked me if I'd make her one of those little quick breads with the lemon glaze pou...

Yesterday I was looking at the other blogs participating in Leila's weekly posting, but somebody suddenly came up and got in my way S...

{happy} I was happy to find a good rye bread recipe for the machine, from The Complete Book of Bread & Bread Machines , by Christine Ing...

"Henry Crawford came and sat some time with them; and...her heart was softened for a while towards him - because he really seemed to fe...

with his catnip fishie, crocheted by the gracious Beth.

Cyndi, the bird-lover, has given me a lovely little bird-decorated plate and bowl - I'm getting quite a collection of bird things from h...