Searching for a Balance

  Well, the last day of February, and we have our first *real* snowfall. And, contrary to what I expected, a snow day! The library and other...

 Daisy, as I've previously described, observing how water fills the sink.  She is everywhere: when I vacuum, she is nearby; when I damp ...

 "So completely have we depended on material things, on money in particular, so terribly are we influenced by fear, that simply to aban...

 We actually had some snow today. It almost covers the ground, and didn't melt because it's so cold. It will be gone tomorrow, but T...

I had a wicked cold a few days ago, and picked up an Elizabeth Goudge. It's a funny thing about reading novels during Lent - to me, nove...

 they had the same idea at the same time but in different places.

"We can't dismiss the point that democratic self-governance requires a kind of cultivation among citizens that can only happen when...

 I had windows around the house open today. Just reminding you that it's mid-February.  Are the trees going to bloom early? What about t...

 February thirteenth, and I actually sat out on the back step today. On the concrete step. I knew it was warmed by the sun for several hours...

For civil authorities - -  that they would make wise decisions based not only on the laws in force but also on the common good. For scienti...

 My brother tells me it's supposed to get up near sixty on Friday! I checked - it's so. Before that, a very little snow again tomorr...

 I recently came upon this poem by John Milton, which I'd only heard the last line of: When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half m...

Jack came by; he does beautiful work. It was nine below zero this morning, and during the day in the teens, with excessive wind yesterday - ...

 Four people we know died last week; we went to a funeral today, and attended one on Monday. There was another, yesterday, which I couldn...

In labor all creation groans Till fear and hatred cease, Till human hearts have understood: In Christ alone is peace. In labor all creation ...

  Finally finishing up my flannel skirt. I've also gone into my yarn stash, to try and work it down a little bit, and found this cute p...

i.e., how the clock broke. A re-enactment, courtesy of Daisy.  

 Well! It's been snowing all day!  I wait for this. It can't last; the daytime temperatures are above freezing, and it rained a fair...

  Pray without ceasing, pray, Your captain gives the word; His summons cheerfully obey And call upon the Lord; To God your every want In ins...

  She runs over to watch when I buzz the stuff off my sweater; she flies into the bathroom if she hears the water running and the door's...

 It snowed a little bit this morning again, but then melted into the damp, warm ground shortly after. I feel hesitant to complain, since may...

 "Moth's leaning against the stone wall of a ruined building. He seems to be watching the last of the light, but he's not reall...

 It dawned on me I haven't said much about Christmas. Well, you know how overwhelmed we get with goodies from my brother's customers...

 The Three Kings arrived and Dolly was there.

 A Happy New Year to everyone!  We're having very mild weather, with predictions of sixty degrees on Wednesday. It's nice, but - a b...

 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...