Searching for a Balance

 Saturday was the feast of saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Martha's behavior in the bible story always gets the critical eye, doesn...

 The cover on my new copy of Gentian Hill. It's certainly better than the other copy. But it doesn't illustrate (no pun intended) wh...

"Despite the nervous scramble of the servants when they discover weeds growing in his field, the master of the house himself does not a...

  "The reign of God, sown like an insignificant seed at the burial of Jesus condemned as a criminal, has grown into a tree whose branch...

Well, I finished reading Kidnapped - I never expected such an abrupt ending! It seemed so strange, that I googled it to see if there is any ...

I am still reading the naturalist's journal of his time in North Carolina, still going through the Adams/Jefferson letters. In between, ...

  Blessed of the Lord be His land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath. And for the preci...

 Imagine that you're brushing your teeth at the bathroom sink, your head just turns to the left. You meet the eyes of ..... stock photo ...

 A man came into the library carrying a box of books; said he'd called on Monday, but I wasn't there on Monday; I didn't know ab...

 "While you live, I seem to have a bank at Monticello on which I can draw for a letter of friendship and entertainment when I please. I...

 I strained my back a week ago, and didn't feel like going to the supermarket the other day, so I got a delivery. While perusing the spe...

 Today during Mass one of the hymns was a surprise. Several years ago a local radio station played the top forty Christian songs every week,...

I just went out across the brook to watch the fireflies. Sunset was half an hour ago, and it's not very dark yet, but getting to be. I s...

 "Home! It showed you its face when you sat quiet within it at that moment when daylight was passing to night, but it could only reveal...

 "Be careful to never let your heart be disturbed or get involved in things that upset it, but always work to keep it calm. In this way...

 Well, the humidity is way up, and it feels like summer, all of a sudden. Because yesterday it was down in the sixties.  I have a new thermo...

 There is almost no time when a rabbit will not be seen in our yard. There's a lot of clover in the grass.  We're glad they like it.

 Juicy strawberries from the farmers' market, courtesy of a very nice friend.

and it's loud. but her curiosity is too great to keep her away.

Yesterday. In line at the supermarket, and, going through. the cap to the liquid laundry detergent popped off and detergent ran out. It went...

 "Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord."                               -       ...

 We've got two bunnies in the yard. One little, one big. What is the fascination with these creatures? I look for them every day. They a...

 I saw a firefly last night -  only one. So far. Just for the record.

 After Mass this morning, it being the feast of Corpus Christi, the congregation processed outside to four altars in different places on the...

 The elementary school kids made a thousand paper cranes, and they're hanging at the library for a while.

 I was just reading a blogpost from the monks about a new member taking some vows. Here is what the abbot said. And then I went to Gretchen...

 Years ago, I bought a quilt for my brother's room, with a nice plaid patchwork design in navy and dark red with bits of green and whiti...

 "The hyperbolic flights of the Psalmist may often be followed with approbation, even with rapture; and I have no hesitation in giving ...

  "If we want to prevent Pentecost from being reduced to a mere rite or even an evocative commemoration, but want it to be an actual ev...

 I was thinking that the day has gone by and I hadn't accomplished so much. But sometimes you get an inspiration to do a thing here, and...

 Holy Spirit, Truth divine, Dawn upon this soul of mine; Word of God and inward light, Wake my spirit, clear my sight. Holy Spirit, Power di...