Searching for a Balance

I lift up my eyes to the mountains from where shall come my help. My help shall come from the Lord who made heaven and earth. May...

I bought the fabric months ago and put together the six-gore skirt, and then it sat waiting for my hand stitching; my second skirt of the Al...

because sleeping two thirds of the day is so tiring, you know.

When my cold was waning I had such a desire for a crunchy cracker or chip, and searched my cookbooks for recipes. But the bread sticks in Al...

so helpful for a bad cold.

If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry, and satisfy th...

I brought in the mail. Dolly was on the back of the couch. There was a package. She looked interested.  What is it? "Dolly, Kiss My...

"It was a very cold winter...so cold that there was not only frost but feathers on the windows most of the time ...and there was much s...

"Christ...is the new Adam. At the beginning of his ministry in the gospel of Matthew, we read, 'When He had fasted 40 days and 40 n...

I was putting the finishing touches on Anna's coffee cake  - the sour cherry version, in honor of President's Day (or, at least, the...

The sheets covering the living room furniture have tears in them - mostly from Cindy - and the mending I did just made things worse. If you...

Listening to Faure's Dolly Suite .   It was on the radio. Well, I'm not sure how well she was listening. It wasn't jazz, ...

:D One thing about frequent snowfall is there's no dirty snow. Before it can get black from exhaust fumes, it's all covered over a...

I found a denim jumper on ebay for twelve dollars. But it was an extra-large, so I knew I'd have to make it fit.   A heavy weig...

and, outside the bathroom window, these are growing by the hour - through a foggy window Nothing boring about winter around here.

There was more snow again this morning and a lot of wind, which blew this fellow over to the corner cabinet, where he settled very ha...

On top of the blizzard from last week, the air is full of snow again.

I finally finished this plant-pot cozy , and took it to the library. I wrapped it round the plant pot, and secured it with two sticks fro...

Dolly was sleeping at suppertime, so I fed Henry. Finally I woke her and had her eating on the front windowsill. Turned around, and there w...

For so long I've been wanting to try it, but there was always some aspect that made me hesitate. Until I came across this on Pinterest...

"Like an old silver spoon stored in soft gray flannel, hospitality neither dulls with time nor discolors with wear. It shines the brigh...

whatever that might be.

Eternal light, shine in my heart; Eternal hope, lift up my eyes; Eternal power, be my support Eternal wisdom, make me wise. Etern...

After a very snow-less winter so pretty.

I think we have three address books in this house, many of them from years ago and with outdated information. I'd bought a blank one to...

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, ...

I'm putting some of it away, but not all. And no hurry.

Cyndi brought over a cardboard "gingerbread house" for the cats. It's cute - the floor in it is that thick cardboard stuff the...

A couple of days ago I had a bit of leftover meatloaf and some chicken from the freezer I wanted to finish off. It wasn't much, so soup...

I was looking at photos from a year ago, and found this - Last January while getting ready for work on a snowy morning I saw this bird....