Searching for a Balance

after harvest and plowing.

"You are the heirs of a great testimony, a precious witness to Christ. He is the Light of the World; he is the light of our lives! The ...

Note to Self:  When mixing ingredients for a cake made with butter, please ignore instructions to mix all together at once - remember to cre...

I can't believe I actually made yogurt today. I've been wanting to for years, but kept putting it off. I used Anna's croc...

I made myself take yarn from the stash recently and find something to knit with it. What my hand ended up grabbing was a skein of Berroco F...

"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia....

After one batch of slow-cooked applesauce, I am relieved that our slightly mealy apples still made good sauce with a slug of cider to hel...

with brown packing paper for the wrapping. I just tore strips the width I wanted; the paper got ironed this time. I guess I'm just ...

It's been either so hot, or rainy, and I hadn't gotten out to pick any apples, but while mowing this evening, my brother thought he...

Sshhhhh.   While Dolly is sleeping, I'll tell you a little story. You have heard this story before, in different versions; so if ...

alas, not from my garden

We have got a crop of apples redder and more abundant than two years ago ! I must take a picture. I've picked several which have absolut...

When I made this very tasty quiche recently I grabbed what was at hand, using Julia Child's basic formula: into a 2-cup measure, beat...

with the ever-present cat food can nearby.

Did I ever mention how Tootsie loves greens?  Like a rabbit. Back when she lived with us, I was concerned that she'd eaten some long gre...

As pitiful as my garden is this year, it still is amazing to be involved in the mysterious growing process.

growing abundantly across the brook. They look like small dandelions with long slim stems, but they're not.

listening to Doris Day It's Magic

has the same little habits, doesn't she?

Well, Cindy is back for another visit - two weeks this time. And that has to be the last time I call her Cindy, because she's been Too...

I made two Pinterest recipes for today's dinner. Chicken with Lemon , which was delicious, although I used "thin cut" but thic...

O God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stan...

A heavy box arrived in the mail; I wondered what the heck I had ordered and then forgot about. Put on the glasses, only to see Beth's na...

Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.                                  ...

I have to make an effort to remember that you can stuff vegetables with anything; it isn't something my mother was in the habit of, exce...

"To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse - that's qui...

"...they both made her feel a burden when they fussed and worried...How wicked to think of burdens on this still and peaceful morning, ...

I really think that peaches are the closest thing we have here to a heavenly feast.

where she meditates while listening to this .  The wonder of it!

Henry, relaxing to some Count Basie

"I stand in the service of the Kingdom of God; therefore I do not build up my own kingdom, nor hold myself as the engineer of this king...