Searching for a Balance

"New life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark. .. ...

I saw this on a Tumblr blog, but don't know where it originated. Too cute to resist, though. *Okay - it's from Lily and Val

Just what I wanted.

Feasting, and always laughing, and Teddy doing the cute cat thing and getting into a bag.

Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim One more light the bowl shall brim, Shining beyond the frosty weather, bright as sun and moo...

for a couple of days and near 70 tomorrow. Imagine!

Christmas hankies.

I bought a pine cone and a chickadee stamp, and Cyndi gave me one for these trees and a couple of other things on my birthday. The snowfl...

The cards we've received are usually put in a small basket, but this pretty box seems a better choice.

Birds, though you long have ceased to build, Guard the nest that must be filled. Even the hour when wings are frozen God for fledglin...

and a good day for baking cookies and making curtains.

However busy your holiday season, make sure to stay on top of your Christmas card list.

I grabbed the sparkling tree as soon as I walked into the museum gift shop. Funny how there are some things you don't have to think tw...

People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, Trim the hearth and set the ta...

In case anyone wondered how my birthday went - it was very, very nice. It started out, on the day, with a cake baked by a co-worker - birt...

Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!  See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the Lord.  Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord...

I got these sturdy bowls for a dollar or two apiece at the supermarket - just a few, for the times when we need something microwavable.  T...

Today was a feast of Mary - the Immaculate Conception (by Murillo) I rejoice heartily in the Lord, in my God is the joy of my so...

There's no picture of it; it happened so fast. The blueberry container tumbled out of the fridge and they were all over the place. He se...

"Christ is the light not of our eyes but of our minds. In Advent, we cry out in the darkness: O Lord, make us see! As Christ comes to ...

It's my birthday!  I'm sixty. Nobody really wants to think of themselves as 60, but of course, we want to keep living. So it's n...

A Jewish co-worker, for the past two years, has treated us to a Hanukkah lunch at work. She schleps in a big soup pot and skillet; she makes...

Behold a broken world, we pray, Where want and war increase, And grant us, Lord, in this our day, The ancient dream of peace. A d...

I saw the squirrel from the kitchen window, on the bridge railing, holding an apple. I was surprised at it; I see them with small things l...

"During the first part of Advent we look not backward toward Jesus' first coming in Bethlehem but forward to Christ's return at...

My brother came home Wednesday with something baked by that Polish lady   - the one who could open a bakery, I'm sure.  I thought it ...

Two little mice surprised me when I went to (finally) empty my composter for the garden; it's been so mild I felt no urgency. I'd di...

"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits...

for another little visit.

I've been wanting to make these cookies ; I have no leaf-shaped cookie cutter. I do have a pumpkin shape and I may use it, but I reall...