Searching for a Balance

 The storm moved more to the east and yes, we had lots of torrential rain but not as much as we feared. And, the winds were nothing like pre...

Well, I don't mean to joke about it;  it's heading right for us. Technically, there's a hurricane warning at the coast - we inla...

 Our poor Sweetie passed away on Tuesday. It was a long time that she couldn't groom herself or feed herself and we tried to do it for h...

 Today was the most beautiful of days, not because we've never had such a day, but because it was more welcome after the previous severa...

 The windows are open, the air is cool. I may even get chilly tonight. What a relief, from the awful hot, humid days we’ve been having. 

  I think these tomatoes are beautiful, even though a bit gnarly. They're not ours. All the rain last month was too much for several of ...

My brother came in from doing yardwork and said he discovered grape vines growing across the brook. And grapes, planted by the birds, and he...

 "In the Holy Eucharist, our Lord is not the master who commands; he is not the king who gives orders and whom we cannot resist without...

  Having finished the moving and dramatic story about The Dean's Watch, I've gone back to the safe and quiet Miss Read, where I'...

  "Until now life for him had meant the aridity of earthly duty and the dews of God. Now he was aware of something else, a world that w...

 Note to self: resist adding too many noodles to the pot when making soup. I've done this more than once - it was fine, but really, toda...

 I found a very pretty hanging plant at the supermarket, but since I brought it home it's been looking bedraggled. Now the rain has ease...

This was in Magnificat today: For those who wander in the deserts of disbelief and despair,                     Lead your people home! For t...

We have had so much rain lately - so much.  Everything has an overgrown, semi-tropical look outside, and thunderstorms! We have thunderstorm...

"...Miss Montague sat apparently idle, her hands caressing the cat in her lap. Beyond the west window, behind the steep old roofs of Wo...

  Almighty God, your word is cast Like seed into the ground,  Now let the dew of heav'n descend And righteous fruits abound.

 I think this is how I'm going to do the lace "collar" I first pinned the sections further back at the shoulder seam, with a g...

 "For the first time a nation sprang forth, not simply from the bond of people living together in a place for years, but rather from an...

This is my book pile this month. Piranesi I'm reading along with Joy Clarkson's podcast. It's interesting, and strange. Apparent...

 I often have the intention to come here and post, and then something gets in the way. It could be tiredness, computer troubles, interruptio...

 Three weeks in a row I've gotten fresh strawberries. First, I made shortcake. Last week I made some freezer jam. But this time, I think...

 I bought some zippered pouches on etsy a few years ago, and now they're worn. They need replacing, but I am going to make them. This is...

 Dolly is always wanting food and she eats a lot. But now and then she leaves it; she feels better just knowing there's some nearby.

  It's June and that means roses. Our two bushes, yes, but those little white roses/(weeds?) that are everywhere, fragrancing the air. I...

The voice of God goes out through all the world: God's glory speaks across the universe. The great King's herald cries from star to ...

 Continuing my efforts to use up leftover things, I searched for a recipe which calls for Nutella, not a full jar. I made some ice cream. It...

 My mother was a big fan of what she called "stretching" the meals. She would add a can of Dinty Moore to leftover beef stew to ...

  Healing river of the Spirit, Bathe the wounds that living brings. Plunge our pain, our sin, our sadness Deep beneath your sacred springs. ...

 We had a long, proper thunderstorm this evening. I sat in my room in front of the fan, in low light; out my back window I could see lights ...

 The fellow who grinds up the tree stumps came last week, so we thought we'd better go to the local nursery to see what they've got ...

I truly do mean to come here regularly, but I'm suddenly tired at night, or it's too late or whatever.  I haven't made pancakes...