Searching for a Balance

 I picked up The Reed of God for Advent reading by Caryll Houselander: she speaks of inner emptiness, which is very different from that stil...

  I'm not sure why I bother, because the sky never looks as fantastic in a photo as it looks to the eye.  The light was coming, and all ...

Sunrise shouted for my attention this morning, and the only thing nearby was the ipad. But it was much peachier than this. Anyway, it's ...

It was time to take away the fall decorations; the little pumpkins were wrinkled up, anyway.  It didn't occur to me to freeze them for s...

 "For us, the ordinary people of the streets, obedience means bending to the ways of our times whenever they are not harmful... When we...

 It was Thanksgiving today! It went well, I think, although the turkey breast was a little dry. I suppose I should buy turkey more often, so...

Today we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, on this last Sunday of the liturgical year. We sang this in church today - At the Name of J...

 There are three things in life which you can depend upon: death. taxes. And me forgetting to send Gail a birthday card. (why, oh why??)

 Do you see that white? It snowed last night! (didn't last long)

  All faded is the glowing light That once from heaven shone, When startled shepherds in the night The angels come upon. O shine again, ye a...

All the windows are open; it's November twelfth. Next week it's going to be in the forties. I came upon this image at the Tea with M...

 Veterans' Day here in the U.S., but Remembrance Day in many other countries.  These hearts were woven of human joys and cares, Washed m...

 It's my brother's birthday and I once again made him a cheesecake . I have the recipe on a card in my box, but I'd also pinned ...

 So, I've slept the past two nights with an open window. It's November! That will end tonight, when it goes back to the thirties and...

  O Jesus, to your servants give The consolation they require; And when the cloud of trouble falls, With heavenly hope their souls inspire. ...

 There was a frost a week ago, which faded the more tender plants. But now we're in the seventies, the air is moist and golden, the leav...

 My brother came home from work holding a small box. A little bird hit their window, and didn't survive. But he looked so perfect in the...

  We can compare the saints to the church windows which allow light to enter in different shades of color. The saints are our brothers and s...

When we go outside, Daisy will often go near the door, and it's difficult to come back in . I was dreading tonight, with all the kids co...

 Dianne's husband just called me - the cat came back last night! He must have been hiding since the attack, but it's been quite cold...

  Many of the leaves have fallen already, a lot from the heavy rains we had early in the week. Frosts threaten us every night now, but so fa...

 Shortly after I got home from work yesterday, an older neighbor came by to ask if we had a fluffy black cat. I said no, but Dianne does. We...

 I was sure that Daisy was going to become an engineer when she grows up but now it looks like she'll be a washerwoman.

I am already finished with the reading challenge I was following! I didn't expect it. It's the third year they've issued one, an...

 I was cutting up tomatoes (yes, we still have some!) at suppertime and grabbed this one. The shape reminded me of the so-called ugly tomato...

  If the Lord whispered in your secret heart that you had but one month to live, and let you pick that month, which would you choose?  I...

  If I go outside, Daisy is often on the other side of the door when I'm trying to come back in; I live in fear she'll run outside. ...

  Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then ...

 A local radio station here owns the rights to a dramatic reading of an obscure poem called "Hail, October" by a fellow named Hal ...

The color in our neighborhood seems to be at peak color. It was warmer today and humid, overcast and occasionally rainy. But apparently late...

 If you've been around here a while, you may remember that at Christmas time, I put the small nativity on the lowest shelf of the corner...