Searching for a Balance

I've never liked March. I have tried! I probably don't hate it as much as I used to. But unless it comes along milder than norm...

"In the presence of God, during a recollected reading of the text [Bible], it is good to ask, for example:   Lord, what does this text ...

Margaret, my apron buddy , surprised me with this sweet little crocheted bag. I'd sent her the handwarmers she won in the giveaway,...

There isn't much flat space here for laying sweaters to dry, so I use the ironing board. Somebody discovered it. My new Anth...

With this never-ending cold weather I figured I had time to squeeze in another winter skirt from a brown velveteen that needed to be used up...

Well, after almost two weeks, Cindy has definitely made herself part of the household. Today she spilled Dolly's water all over the tabl...

Emily has reminded me that today is the birthday anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach. I tend to think of him as "the old man...

"The English word  sin  is derived from the German term  Sunde , which carries the connotation of sundering or dividing. The Greek wor...

I slept and dreamt that life was joy I awoke and saw that life was service I acted and behold, service was joy. -   Rabindranath Ta...

A elderly customer of my brother's had a stroke; she lived with her little cat, and we've been trying to find someone to take it bef...

For an end to hatred among nations and races:                  we pray you, O Lord. For an end to quarrels and divisions within the Churc...

I've made this so many times, and my friend Debra loves it, too. Because it happens pretty fast and with very little effort.  I made it...

I first started wearing the (rigid) contact lenses when I was twenty. If you want to know my age now, it's over on the left. That's ...

Today was the feast of Sts. Felicity and Perpetua , Christian martyrs of incredible courage and faith from the early third century.

But I don't think she'll take up knitting anytime soon.

"The spiritual life is that constant movement between the poles of loneliness and solitude, hostility and hospitality, illusion and pra...

Last Sunday I got it into my head to start baking bread regularly. Meanwhile, someone dropped off their old books at the library, and I saw ...

A few months ago at work, I met a young Indian woman amidst the cookbooks. She asked if I knew of any baking clubs around. Baking clubs? The...

That was my one thousandth post, the other day!  I suppose maybe I should celebrate it. And since I'm on such a roll making thes...

Saturday it snowed all day, steadily. All day, and in the end maybe two inches. Funny. Tomorrow sounds similar. We seem to be getti...

Apparently, just like us, when mushrooms sunbathe the light they absorb turns into vitamin D. Then, when you eat them you're getting th...

"There is only one journey. Going inside yourself."                   -   Rainer Maria Rilke

My brother went outside suddenly this afternoon and I wondered where he was, until I heard the chopping and stomping on the roof, and the gl...

Because we have been forgiven, we know the way of forgiveness; because we have been healed, we know the way of healing; because we have know...

I have a bookcase in my bedroom which was full of books, on every shelf. But I just couldn't stand that any more. I guess I'd s...

We got this new book at the library about using straight needles to knit your socks. The author has invented a special way of doing this ...

After reading  Leila's blogpost  about thinking ahead and cooking more than you need right now, I decided to buy a few butternut squash...