Searching for a Balance

"One doesn't ultimately ground hope on whether the world situation seems to be improving or worsening. It doesn't go up and dow...

Thursday was sunny and beautiful, so I slipped out to find a few berries for the wreath. There were some red ones in the azalea - they ...

The shepherdes were compassed right About them was a great light: "Dread ye nought", said the angel bright, Salvado...

We're having a Christmas snow;  it won't amount to much, except for the gladness on my part that we're having snow at all.  ...

I couldn't make up my mind for a while - did I like this combination, or not?  I decided that I do, and now most of the wrapping is d...

So far, my brother has received some peanut brittle, two square tins of cookies, just the top layer plus a mini fruitcake a...

"Prayer must become a way for ourselves on which gradually we learn to see more. It must not end in us shutting ourselves off in our eg...

"For most people, God is non-existent, because they know of him only words empty of meaning and alluding to a master, a pharaoh, to a l...

I got a really cute Christmas card from the people who took Cindy  four years ago. It's a pop-up - a white kitty with a row of prese...

He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth; And joy, and hope, like flowers, Spring in his path to birth. Before him, ...

I went to Boston the other day with a friend. At the Museum of Fine Art we saw many wonderful things, and one strange thing. An old Last Sup...

Two years ago I happened upon this video  showing how to make a wreath; I bought a large frame and green wire just like she uses there. but ...

At certain times of the day, certain times of the year, we hear the tap-tapping of a woodpecker on our house - outside my bedroom, and on th...

Well, this morning when my brother returned from his walk, he saw Mr. Kibble in his hutch! So he came along during the night, apparently. No...

This was the gospel for today's Mass: "Jesus said to his disciples, What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one o...

I came upon this photo yesterday not mine! and remembered the glass Christmas cookie stamps I bought years ago. I used them on a ch...

I lifted this entire meditation from today's entry in Magnificat because it seemed so perfect to me, even though much longer than my usu...

My boss buys flowers at the supermarket for us when our birthdays come; you get a lot in those groupings. A large vase of flowers doesn'...

My co-worker, Katie signed up to do my birthday cake. She is known among us as having an excellent instinct for anything in the way of decor...

How very clever of Sweetie to jump on the back of this chair yesterday afternoon while the sun was full on it! And then to pose for me ...

We have an orange tree in the library that someone gave us years ago; it's about four and a half feet tall and two or three times a year...

Thy kingdom come! on bended knee The passing ages pray; And faithful souls have yearned to see On earth that kingdom's day. B...

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 ...