Searching for a Balance

While cooking, I turned to pick up my apron again, but I found that my apron has another use - as a nice, soft kitty bed.

but tomorrow, we'll be gettin' a bit 'o the white.

I'd emptied my bottle of rosemary, and went into the pantry closet to get more.   This gives me a nostagic feeling - it came from...

"Enlighten, O God of compassion, the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance, and in your kindness grant those you stir to a sen...

My mother had a blanket - I'm sure from a thrift store - so pretty; it was one of those cotton thermal-weave affairs, but with a waterco...

My brother drew my attention to this story  - a dog rescue - the sweetest little dog you ever saw, but get out your Kleenex.

We've truly had a mini summer these past few days, resulting in much beauty around the yard. The daffodils bloomed on Monday. And whe...

on a silver needle.

can't beat the original

Blooming on the last day of winter - they must be dafft.

we read this at Mass today - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows of that land we hun...

Well, practically. Last night I was pondering what type of valance I wanted over the sink, and a thought I had drove me into the linen dra...

I just just looked out the front door and noticed that my daffodils are ready to bloom. It's March fifteenth.  In southern New Engla...

yesterday's dinner menu (pre-crust) t urkey kielbasa mushroom pot pie mashed sweet potatoes iceberg lettuce wedges with blue cheese ...

for a friend  a one-layer orange cake, with vanilla silk (a soft buttercream) frosting, white sanding sugar, and Smucker's Orchard...

Today is the feast of St. Frances of Rome , who was born in the late 1300s. She was a wealthy noblewoman who expended much energy and money ...

Not just the afghan, but the whole house - such a beautiful day!

Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Joining Rosie and Leila at the eleventh hour here - I've noticed on the blogs which have the best photographs, that the blogger tries ...

from Henri Nouwen's Out of Solitude: "The mother of expectation is patience.     Without patience our expectation degrades in...

As everyone who cooks regularly knows, you have to be thinking about food all the time. Well, it's Lent. It's a time of fasting. So,...

Dear Hana, over here , has so kindly nominated me for a blog award - God bless her!                                                  Ha...

In my fifty six years in this New England state, I have never seen a winter like this one - consistently mild, with almost no snow . The Oct...

"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 ...