Searching for a Balance

 The week following the big holiday is very quiet, after all the busyness - it seems odd, but it's necessary, I think. I finished readin...

I hope everyone is having a very Merry Christmas. Twas in the moon of wintertime. When all the birds had fled, That God the Lord of all the ...

 "Thus says the Lord God: Lo, I am sending my messenger, to prepare the way before me; and suddenly there will come to the temple the L...

Annie was hanging around the baseboard heaters to try and warm herself, so we bought a couple of these cozy little retreats for the two cats...

I put the radio on to the classical music station; they were playing the Christmas parts of Messiah. I cranked it WAY up.  Meanwhile, Daisy ...

 "The whole purpose of Advent is to be for a moment fully and consciously Before Christ. In that place of darkness and waiting, we look...

 Today I decided to make cookies instead of cleaning, or even making dinner - we got some soup and sandwich stuff at the store. I made totos...

 I'm making very slow progress on my plaid skirt; at this time of year, there are multitudes of extra things to be done. You have to dec...

It's snowing; we'll get maybe four inches. And it's going to be colder this week, in the thirties during the day. Now I feel lik...

 Light-bearing Christ, come down to us, And light in darkness sow; Come down and save our fallen world Whose sinful ways you know. Prepare u...

 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...