Searching for a Balance

 I've been reading "Affairs at Thrush Green" and am enjoying it more than I expected to.  "One blue and white day towards...

 This is for Gretchen, who says the Northern Flickers who visit her in California don't go to her bird feeders. They do here!  They come...

 This belonged to my aunt, who died years ago. But she was a favorite, and I asked my cousin a few years back if there was anything of hers ...

 Today in the church calendar we celebrate the baptism of Christ. This morning, Father said it's the last day we can wish anybody "...

 Well, it's Epiphany already. The Wise Men have arrived at our house. Lord! Grant some Light  to us, that we May with them find the way ...

Trisha made one of these for each of us at work. A jar of cranberries. You put in water, as much as you like, and the little candle sits on ...

 I had some kielbasa and some cabbage, and I was planning supper. Meanwhile, I've been going through some magazines one more time before...

 Christmas has been so quiet for us, but it's still always wonderful. We didn't go to Joanne's, no lively visit with the Italian...

Christmas Eve Christmas hath a darkness Brighter than the blazing noon, Christmas hath a chillness Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas h...

 The snow globe look will soon be gone. Tomorrow night heavy rains and wild winds are coming. * A child shall be born for us, and he will be...

  My green Lands End scarf and red hand warmers made from the sleeves of a thrifted sweater. 

 While I was working on dinner, snow began to fall and it continued for several hours, coming down gently. It was beautiful! And Christmas-y...

 I would love to have a Christmas tree in every room, but can't figure out how yet - too much clutter, I guess. Still, in the kitchen I ...

  It sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood, It fills with alabaster wool The wrinkles of the road. It makes an even face Of moun...

 See the rope? It's making sure nobody can take down the tree. See that furry one there? It's the reason for the rope.

 A few days ago I was somewhere online, not sure where but it may have been Instagram, and somebody had made scones. She said she used more ...

Rejoice, rejoice, believers, and let your lights appear. The evening is advancing, and darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising, and ...

 It's sixty degrees out; for Wednesday some are predicting a big snowstorm. But it's not a certainty. At five thirty this morning I ...

 It was supposed to rain Saturday, then they said it would snow, and it did. And it's still white, because it's cold, too.  I'm ...

 I thought it would be nice to exercise my brain and do some memory work. This hymn was sung at Mass Sunday, it was the first Sunday of Adve...

 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...