Searching for a Balance

So many beans coming in, and I don't want to do the same thing with them every day. I froze some, just in time to find out I don't...

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, whose trust, ever childlike, no cares can destroy; Be there at our waking, and give us, we pr...

My brother went outside to water the garden after work, and thought he heard a rustling or something underfoot. He looked down to a depressi...

Do not fret because of the wicked; do not envy those who do evil: for they wither quickly like grass and fade like the green of the f...

This is what I found when I got home today. I can't believe they *all* let him eat his lunch. (by *all*, I mean Dolly). 

"To not know your history is to remain always a child." -  Cicero one of many possible translations, of course

"A path is a place worn hard by the repeated passing of feet. The repeated passing of familiar thoughts through the landscape of the he...

The fireflies are out there, darting and twinkling. I brought my ipad outside, thinking to film them. I couldn't. Is it possible? But wh...

A bottle of fig vinegar I got for half price at the supermarket, for which I'd never pay full price.

My brother just told me a story; he was intent on my hearing it - it was his confession. He was not further than a mile away from our home...

Our own peas! In Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes tells of a trip to town, where she passed a woman sitting outside her doorway, c...

Thank you, Mr. Jefferson, For bearding the British brass. And thank  you, Mr. Adams, Of Braintree (Quincy) Mass. Carroll and Clark ...

Okay, so Sue said that New England cottontails don't dig burrows like European rabbits do. I looked it up, and found this . And after se...

We noticed a rabbit inside the garden again a few days ago. So now we think they have an entrance (or exit) to their warren inside the garde...

I didn't hang out the sheet till six o'clock, but it still had time to dry.  And I ate the rest of the strawberries. (No freezer ...

I love to make a big deal out of Midsummer Day if I can. I am working tomorrow, but tonight it's the eve, so I thought I'd try m...

Well, I just deleted all the photos I took this month. By accident, of course - the whole folder for June 2020. except this one Thi...

"If they had lost the dearest country on earth [England], they had no choice but to create another dear country in its place."  ...

Have you ever seen anything so ridiculous? She was actually dozing in that position. I looked out and saw a contrail lit up near the ...

Today was the church feast of Corpus Christi, which refers to the Body of Christ. There is an irony in this, since the churches were closed ...

Yesterday I got lots done early, and when it got too warm and humid, Dolly said she wanted to go out. So, we did. The trees are done, b...

I made another mask today. My brother took several to his workplace, and there they are; I have three, but I'd rather have a few more...

Feeling the breeze come in, I seized a pleasant opportunity to wash a window. I'll focus on the one clean. Rather than how many are d...

The past two days have been August-like, meaning that I lost all my stuffing and kept sitting down to read in between doing things which had...

Yesterday and today, I've been hearing the sweetest singing out my window. You can ignore the scenery - you've seen it before. ...

My God, I bless you in your great good works, For your gifts, your marvels, and all your kindnesses, For the treasures of your love, pe...

It's Pentecost, and the end of the Easter season. My brother starts back to work tomorrow. He will be working twelve hour days, six da...

I finished two more face masks today. My brother finally goes back to his shop Monday and I wouldn't want him to be short on masks. Of c...

I've been listening to the talks given during the Anselm Society's conference, Imagination Redeemed. At the end of this one , this p...

"...the Lord wills that all people be whole and sound and turn toward true knowledge. ...He hears their prayers when they call to him a...

My knitting is about twenty two inches long now,but the ball of yarn seems as huge as ever. I can't possibly keep going until it'...