Searching for a Balance

 I was alarmed one day to see a rabbit out my window, with something around its neck. That was disturbing; had someone tried to put a collar...

The collect from Mass this morning struck me: O God, who cause the minds of the faithful to unite in a single purpose, grant your people to ...

 I'm reading The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton. Our main character is in a dangerous situation, but thought he was quite alon...

 We had a lively thunderstorm yesterday morning while getting ready for work, the kind that makes you nervous about washing up but you know ...

The above is a quote from Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Adams. More of that later. I had a cute pillow from the thrift store, from w...

 Gretchen would like the recipe for flatbread I made yesterday. You mix together: 150g spelt flour, 150g rye flour, 1 tsp. instant dry yeast...

 Last night I decided I should make bread today. This morning I was reading Gretchen's blogpost and when she got to the part about maki...

 O God of love, grant us your peace, Within each restless mind. May all our inner turmoil cease, God, show us how to find Your quiet rest, y...

 I'm nearing the end of the Adams-Jefferson letters. From John Adams, Dec. 2, 1811: I have been deeply afflicted with the account of you...

 The very rainy weather pattern we were in seems over, and it's actually been September-like at times, in the high seventies and how eig...

 "What God's voice tells us is the true story of his incredible love for us. No other storyteller, however gifted, can paint for us...

 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...