Searching for a Balance

"You must know that there is nothing higher, or stronger, or sounder, or more useful afterwards in life, than some good memory, especia...

It was sunny today -

I had two small skeins of this very vibrant yarn. When I was preparing for work last Wednesday - the day it reached 77 degrees - I...

"A tendency on massive display in our culture is the reduction of religion to ethics. Very much in the spirit of Immanuel Kant, many pe...

Who would think they could wear their sandals and bare feet in February?  But I did today. Who would open a window and let February a...

It snowed all night and everything is beautiful again.

or any time: Prompt our actions with your inspiration, we pray, O Lord, and further them with your constant help, that all we do ma...

Jo continues to leave little rocks at the library; I almost missed this one the other day, laying as it was on our green and black stone cou...

We sang this hymn at the end of Mass today: Sent forth by God's blessing, our true faith confessing, the people of God from His dwe...

My brother's jeans had a big tear at the knee where the machine won't reach. So I tried sashiko again; my rows are even this time...

So far, the winter hasn't been exactly run-of-the-mill. Much colder at times than usual, and the snowfalls - we've had several small...

We keep finding the painted rocks around the library and now the originator's name. But who is Jo? We can't figure ...

I discovered quite by accident that my sewing machine will also take my metal bobbins, which are left over from my previous model! I put one...

It's Candlemas, or the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. From Christmas Day to February 2 is forty days. Just like the forty years ...

with the two females on the windowsill, and nobody bothering anybody (i.e., Sweetie not bothering Dolly).  Ahh, peace.

At the library, our lounge has a window, but the little kitchen adjoining the lounge has a wall of windows, and on the other side of the kit...

Glory to you, who safe have kept and have refreshed me while I slept: Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, I may of endless lig...

The blackbirds came by yesterday just like they do in spring and fall. But it isn't. I guess I'll have to call the Audubon Societ...

I had to cook some bacon but didn't look forward to the hovering over it. So I looked up how to do it in the oven. Foil-covered pan...

My brother was in New York City over part of the weekend, so he met up with our cousins who live there. I was informed that he'd be bri...

"One of the most important words in the Gospel of John is menein  (to remain, or to stay, or to abide). Phrases containing this word so...

It seems to take me so long to read anything of Gladys Taber's; the books consist of a great many short sections on a number of things, ...

The other day when it snowed, we got ten or eleven inches. That is nothing unusual for this part of the world, but the cold we've had he...

"God our Father, you sent your son into the world as a beacon toward which we travel in faith, trusting that by his light we will find...

big snowstorm outside cheery lights inside "It's a comforting thought that beautiful moments never die. One can co...

Loving Father, darkness is for ever changed because of the Birth of the Light: Jesus Christ your Son. Take all the darkness of our lives an...

We had more snow today - not much, but the Christmas lights inside sparkle so much more when it's darker out, so it's never dreary ...

"The newborn Child challenges us. He calls us to leave behind fleeting illusions and to turn to what is essential, to renounce our i...

"Shepherds, rejoice! Lift up your eyes, And send your fears away; News from the region of the skies; Salvation's born tod...

The weather people were predicting a warm day today, in the fifties, but it sure wasn't. We had ice all day and it's still there. ...