Searching for a Balance

  Entry of Christ into Jerusalem by van Dyck "All desire to rejoice with Him, few are willing to endure anything for Him, or with Him. ...

 The grass is entirely green now, and all it takes is a warm day. It had begun to turn a couple of weeks back with those two days of warmth,...

 I could have worn a sleeveless shift today. It was well over seventy and it's still warm - sixty. After chopping the soup vegetables ea...

  This thing is almost done; it may serve as a cat mat. We will see. Meanwhile, I'm trying to do my state income taxes, and the mending ...

 We had a baptism during Mass today - a wee little one, born not more than two months ago, probably less. He was quiet throughout, except he...

 I washed another of my woolly turtlenecks today - there's another warm-up coming and I can't imagine it's going to get much bel...

 This is what I came home to - which of course reminded me of a crime scene. But she revived after a little, and seems to be her usual self....

 My knitting project is looking like a sunset, the ends are getting used up, and I'm not sure if I'll felt it after all. A few more ...

 I wore sandals to work yesterday - with bare feet! Today it's back to the forties, but that's not bad. And we have the memory of tw...

It's ten o'clock, and fifty four degrees out - if my hair wasn't wet I'd still have my window open. But it's tempting to...

 I felt like knitting, using up leftover yarn, but couldn't settle on a plan. So, I'm just doing it, with the ends of the wool I...

 Dolly is doing so extremely well - she is more active than she's been in years. I guess it's the insulin, and now her UTI is gone -...

 I tend to think of Lent as a desert place. So, it was helpful to see this as today's meditation in Magnificat: "It is in the deser...

It began snowing yesterday, around twelve noon, right when they said it would. But they also said it would stop at seven tonight. It's e...

The ashes this morning didn't consist of a big black cross on my forehead; there's apparently another way of dispensing them - just ...

Dolly is doing much better, no more blood, no more incontinence, no more peeing on the floor. She's using the box and is back to eating ...

 I hope everybody had a lovely Valentine's Day.  There is a very timely piece on Aleteia on why St. Valentine is invoked during a plague...

 Yesterday my brother came home for lunch to find drops of blood here and there around the house; the cats were all in the living room, in t...

  The primroses were three for six dollars at the supermarket; I bought a pink one, a white one and a yellow one. Then I had to put away the...

 

 Another day of snow! We thought it would start early, but it hadn't when we got to church - I wore my boots anyway. And after, when we ...

 "Somehow one was always looking ahead, planning the next move, trying to cut down time. And in all this bustle the present was lost. T...

 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...