Searching for a Balance

"Lord, you are calling us, calling us to faith. Which is not so much believing that you exist, but coming to you and trusting in you. T...

Had to mend another hole in my colorful wool scarf this evening. Meanwhile, the little Orphan had spied the switchplate on my wall, and w...

The Christmas cactus at work has re-bloomed, for some reason. I don't think it's ever done that. Yesterday the mildness caused me to...

I scrubbed the floor today and somebody watched me.

March, where I live, is the most unpredictable of months. Usually it's muddy from melting winter snows, and more than occasionally we ge...

Sometimes when I make mac and cheese I use blocks of nice cheddar, instead of the pre-shredded stuff.  But sometimes I am too lazy to shre...

or, bathroom humor, as the case may be:  Something my brother saw on facebook and recreated for my benefit - which ends up being way...

Today was cool, but sunny and beautiful. Trisha called to ask if it was the right time for pruning roses. I hadn't even thought about it...

This was from Bishop Robert Barron today.

the forsythia bloomed. A full month earlier than last year.

This was in my morning prayers today: "God's faithful constancy is an anchor in an ever-shifting world, where love declared today...

I got up this morning to see this I guess I haven't heard the weatherman lately, as I certainly didn't expect snow. It's go...

The library is closed to the public now, and for the next two weeks. We are still going to work, there is always plenty to do, and over the ...

Tuesday is the feast of St. Patrick and I bought the corned beef weeks ago. But I work Tuesday; I could cook the dinner tomorrow, thereby ma...

"Since God exists only in gift form, his life, even in principle, cannot become a possession. Instead, it is 'had' only in the ...

More than once this week I intended to post here, but was too tired when I had the time.  I need a different schedule. The fellows with th...

"On our own we cannot be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect - but we must be to correspond to the task our nature lays upon us....

Years ago when I bought a single lens reflex camera, I found that I never used it because I knew that if I took pictures I would never bothe...

"Spring so often promises what in the end it never pays, spring can cheat and lie and disappoint. You can sit at the window and wait fo...

"Poets and makers of beautiful things share in the same desire to achieve virtue through their creative powers. And through their love ...

Well, it's March. It's pretty cold today, and yesterday it snowed twice. Then, the sun came out and nothing had accumulated. Twice...

Saturday I emailed the fellow who portrayed George Washington and asked him to convey our birthday wishes to the General; he said he would, ...

Well, it's another Presidents' Day.  The fellow who came to the library as George Washington wrote a book, and I've got it - it ...

I am still reading through my book of poems by Phyllis McGinley. And I'm still amazed at her seemingly limitless ability to make rhymes ...

"Waiting is not a punishment; waiting is part of the magic of becoming who we are."                                             ...

Don't know how I stumbled on this, but it's the cutest durn thing imaginable. This English fellow has made a little set-up around ...

"All through our life Christ is calling us. He called us first in baptism, but afterwards also; whether we obey his voice or not, he gr...

Well. George Washington was here. This fellow was Really good. He had an authentic uniform, portraying Washington as a general. He spok...

I found this fascinating. That's all.

Well, I haven't been here in a week! I sometimes get involved in things and don't think of this space. You're wondering how...

George Washington will be coming to the library soon. I was determined to have refreshments worthy of the honor of this visit, by which I me...