Searching for a Balance

 Well, it's Advent, and I'm glad.  The Lord will come and not be slow, His footsteps cannot err; Before him righteousness shall go, ...

  Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers. To everyone else, you should adopt this holiday, it's lovely. 

 "Of course, Thanksgiving is far more than the family dinner and the national festival. All people have always had harvest celebrations...

 When Orphan Annie came to live with us, my brother showed a photo of her to a client - the lady said she must be part Russian Blue. Well, s...

 The bird feeder went up this week, and then I saw an unfamiliar bird there. I thought at first glance it was a chickadee, but it had a stri...

 This morning I sat by the window to put on makeup and saw such pretty bright leaves on my neighbor's apple tree. I got the camera - I g...

 I lately picked up a Gladys Taber book, which is what you do when all around you seems to be falling apart. "Somehow I feel it is a tr...

As I move about the house doing my thing(s), my eye is always drawn out the window to a patch of bright color at the edge of the brook. It r...

 November is the month we remember the souls of those who have gone before us, and may need some help before they reach everlasting joy.  Th...

 G. K. Chesterton on socialism: "...for my own part, I cannot in the least agree with those who see no difference between Christian and...

I slept with my window open last night. It is November 7th.  Few phrases evoke as much delight as Indian Summer. Our past couple of days hav...

 A few times it's happened that an object suddenly appears, from out of nowhere, but we know the Orphan has brought it. She's scroun...

 I got one of the fancy ones this time, and put it right in front on my Thanksgiving Dottie Angel dress .

  For some reason, homegrown winter squash seems more exciting a thing than homegrown tomatoes, cukes or other things we grow every year. I ...

 We had forty six trick-or-treaters! I wouldn't have expected any, except somebody said on Facebook there was talk of parents bringing t...

 "Autumn had touched the world with the tips of her fingers. In the mornings the valleys were always filled with mist and above them th...

 I knew it would be warm today, but it wasn't. It was hot, and the air conditioners were put to bed last week. So I would do some cleani...

 My brother sees many people in his work and the talk is often about politics. But when complaints are made about a candidate, it often happ...

 Today could only be described as magnificent - deep blue above, bright leaves, in the warm seventies and quite windy. I do like the wind.  ...

 Today was very dark and gloomy, with rain pouring at times. But we know this water is needed rather desperately, so no complaining. After, ...

 My crock-pot is an older model, but it still works fine. I recently had the notion to utilize it more, not only for slow cooked recipes but...

 I saw something I Never thought I'd see. Sweetie was scratching around in the litter box (we are keeping one in the living room now) an...

 In the midst of a number of cool days, today came like a warm blessing. Sunshine and rather windy - it was wonderful! I washed a window, an...

A threatening sky after work yesterday. Thankfully it didn't amount to much.

 "The Christian will be judged, not by his ability to escape from his human tasks and responsibilities, but, on the contrary, according...

 So far, so good.

The keeper of a vineyard dreamed  Of vines alive with fruit And tended vine and dream alike Down years of sharp dispute, As others came to c...

 Not long after Annie came to live with us, my brother noticed that she'd dropped a ball behind his chair at the kitchen table. They end...

 We were driving along after Mass down an old tree-lined street and noticed a woodchuck strolling on the sidewalk! That was unexpected; perh...

"If Christ is formed of our lives, it means that he will suffer in us. Or, more truly, we will suffer in him.  If you are an office wor...