Searching for a Balance

I heard this poem today. When I read the title I thought I wouldn't like it - I was wrong about that. Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liber...

Tonight we had turkey drumsticks with the rest of the leftovers.

"There is a feeling at dusk, a prescience of short and shorter days and pale pure dawns. I hope that squirrels have all their nuts tuck...

Before Thanksgiving, my brother came home with a lemon poppy seed cake from a client. It isn't Advent yet, but I am counting this anyw...

but I didn't even really hear that question. I worked hard Monday, yesterday and today cooking for Thanksgiving dinner. I suppose I wa...

When Mr. Kibble comes out to eat after dark, we have to be sure to remove his dish when he's finished because there are other little nei...

Dolly's one of those cats who like to burrow. My brother always makes a spot for her under his bedspread, right beside the pillow; he kn...

trying to stay ahead of Thanksgiving. I made applesauce, stock for the gravy, and the pie crust dough. Also boiled the sweet potatoes for ...

O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb ...

We're having our first snow, as I write this. It's kind of early. It's been colder than mid-November usually is, but the early p...

in a patch of sunlight, on a patchwork quilt.

Let all that now unites us More true and lasting prove, A closer bond of union, In a blest land of love. Let war be learned no long...

taken through a foggy window A big rabbit stopped a while in our back yard this afternoon. They do that sometimes, keeping completely ...

I started to knit a poncho, so I can join Ginny's yarnalong this month. I was never keen on ponchos, until I bought one from Lands End ...

I made Bubble and Squeak the other day. It tasted good, I'd never had Stilton before; but the recipe wanted me to melt butter in the ...

Now that we're back on Standard Time, it is nice to have more light in the mornings. When it isn't raining, that is. It was pretty d...

"The call is clear and simple 'Love God and humankind', But love demands much wisdom And clarity of mind. 'Be wi...

Today we went to visit an older lady who used to live in our neighborhood - she had moved south thirty years ago but has come north again to...

Today was so Novembery - rain the first part of the day, quite heavy at times, windy, but then it would seem to clear up, the sky deep blue ...

So we had 161 trick-or-treaters last night; it goes up a little every year, it seems. We were relieved Mr. Kibble didn't seem bothered b...

They have won the World Series.  In their cute "away" uniforms. internet photo from game 4

Debra and I went to our favorite lunch place today. It was the perfect day for it; we were having a nor'easter, with heavy bands ...

Each spring I photograph the cherry tree in the front yard. And every fall I have to photograph the swamp maple in the back. It's the br...

I borrowed a cookbook from the library, favorite recipes of all the First Ladies up to Lyndon Johnson's time in office. It's rather ...

I quickly cut back the rose bushes today - just two. There were so many red ones! They're now in a pitcher in the kitchen. And th...

If this world should pass away, If an army block my way, Should the fruit fall from the vine Long before its harvest time. If you c...

"The dimensions of paradise in us comprise the large-hearted and minute accomplishment of our duties each day... Doing our daily duty i...

This is what I call a September sky. At least, where we live. Trouble is, it's twenty degrees too cold. And it's not September....

At the height of summer's heat, I found myself longing for a slip of a dress (or two) to just throw over my head and be cool. I purchase...

We picked the green tomatoes at the same time. There's one in every group, isn't there?

As soon as I entered the supermarket, I realized I'd left the coupons, the money and the shopping list at home. So I went from memory. ...