Searching for a Balance

If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbl...

With still much snow on the ground, today was in the fifties. It poured for a while and then got very foggy. Maybe thunderstorms late...

"The Lord does not free us from evils, but helps us to mature in sufferings, difficulties, and persecutions. Faith, therefore, tells us...

Listening to some Liszt - because she gave jazz up for Lent.

"For Saint Paul, prayer is above all the work of the Spirit in our humanity, taking charge of our weakness and transforming us from men...

At six forty-five this evening, spring arrived. It's been snowing since midafternoon. exhibit A No winter lasts forever; ...

There's a little bitty cookbook in the children's section at the library, Winnie the Pooh's Teatime Cookbook .  And years ago I...

"And we learn from Jesus that constant prayer helps us to interpret our life, make our decisions, recognize and accept our vocation, di...

"Adam and Eve thought that the 'no' to God was the crowning point of freedom, of being fully themselves. On the Mount of Olives...

for St. Patrick's Day, with my little statue I bought on Etsy.

Well, it was just the other day when I was saying that I wouldn't be able to reach the roses to do my end-of-March pruning. But I guess ...

I have no remembrance of how I found this site - this blog with a post about the patron saint for cats . And this image, so appealing w...

Last week I got the idea it would be nice to have certain things on hand in the freezer; so, now there's pizza dough in there and today ...

"Our mothers were racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth."   ...

"If we follow the Good Shepherd - no matter how difficult, tortuous, or long the pathways of our life may seem, even through spiritual ...

Because when I was sick and making a grocery order for delivery, I was so sure we were low on potatoes but didn't want to go way downsta...

I had forgotten about this and came across it in the bathroom, top shelf of the linen closet. I'm pretty sure of who made it - it w...

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."                                                 ...

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...