Searching for a Balance

A wrinkled tablecloth is sometimes better than none!

Have you heard of  Crictor ?   The children's librarian where I work has long (and I mean LONG ) been thinking it would make a gr...

The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath It is twice bless'd; ...

I guess Dolly is the teflon kitty, because I didn't have to wash her off as I'd feared.  Or maybe the soil is so dry, it just isn...

Along the road last week with a friend, a turkey crossed the road in front of us! a little blurry His coloring made me think of a wai...

from the back of a living room chair, close enough to see but not be seen.

We had a treat today. It was more like August - in the mid 80s.  And, just like he often does on the hottest days of summer, the mocking...

Last month I joined Rhonda's  apron swap - they paired me up with Margaret, who lives in Australia. She finished mine pretty quick and i...

I've been putting off washing a sweater because the tag said "dry flat only". It's such an issue in this small house to dr...

Monday night I heard the radio in the kitchen playing some Handel. "Messiah", actually. I went in there to turn it up and Dolly,...

"The season before Easter signifies the troubles in which we live here and now, while the time after, which we are celebrating at prese...

Peter proceeded to speak and said, "You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John pr...

I was captivated by Alicia Paulson's decorated eggs , and decided to try it myself. I went outside and picked some weedy things of dif...

Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ who redeems us with His blood, Let us tell the story of the cross of Christ and the pow'r of...

"Faith is the understanding that God wants to love and be loved."                             -   Beyond the Walls ,   Paul Wilk...

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