Searching for a Balance

It seems I always have dishes needing to be washed, and sometimes it's tiresome. But then I remember that this is a working kitchen...

The sunrise was so pretty that I thought the weatherman must be wrong, but he wasn't. It was another one of many gloomy and rainy day...

A friend stopped by and brought us three tomato plants: a Polish one like we had last year, and two Italian. From Italy - his grandfather...

For a change, I bought a yellow hanging plant at the sale; it's lantana - something that's only an annual here. They said it shou...

This is how it looks when my brother does the garden.  I'm glad he's found time for it again.

"...the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are. ...

Today it was plenty over ninety, but I reveled in it - we've had so much chilly, rainy gloominess; it felt great! I made this favorite p...

"It is not doing perfectly this or that particular work or exercising a particular profession perfectly that grafts us into union with...

A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here. A Color stands abroad O...

"The object of salvation is that which is unique, irreplaceable, incommunicable - that which is myself alone. This true inner self must...

I had to put up this photograph of a local crabapple tree. Fabulous.

Let us rise in early morning, And, instead of ointments, bring Hymns of praises to our Master, And his Resurrection sing: We shall ...

When I bought this skillet last summer , I did wonder if I wasn't being greedy. After all, I had one very similar at home, one with the...

There's been a chickadee flapping against our front windows yesterday and again today. I heard a tapping in the spare room and saw him t...

Our dear little cherry tree is blooming hard. There's a dead branch which needs to be removed, but the rest of it is adapting as...

The library throw is all done, except for an identifying patch of some kind we want to attach. It's really hard to get an accurate pho...

Rain on the green grass,   and rain on the tree, Rain on the house-top,   but not on me. from Mother Goose .

I tried again with parchment paper underneath the fabric, but it still stuck in the machine, so today I made a buttonhole by hand. It wasn...

Glory to God! The morn appointed breaks, and earth awakes from all the woeful past; For, with the morn, the Lord of life awakes, and ...

I am very happy to say that my robe is almost completed - I need to hem the sleeves and I can wear it tonight. The buttons - which I ...

living outside. But she really doesn't pine for the rough life, and she's adjusted to being a house cat when I never thought sh...

My Easter was so quiet - my brother was sick, so no company and almost no cooking; I heated up the lamb chops I had cooked ahead the day b...

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this That caused the ...

See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him - so marred was his look beyond...

'Twas on that dark and doleful night, When pow'rs of earth and hell arose Against the Son of God's delight And friends be...

They're hearing confessions three evenings this week and we were there last night. On my side we were lined up along the wall, and we ke...

The forsythia is starting. And the grass is brilliant green. And today it was 80!

Holy Week begins today - I always want matzoh. Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your kin...

I'd bought a quilt from Garnet Hill to throw on the back of a couch. It was a great sale - a twin size, all cotton. Because of that, it ...

"The wicked said among themselves, thinking not aright:   Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself ...

We had some sun today. I wanted to prune the roses, but we are expecting a "wintry mix" tomorrow - I'll wait.