Searching for a Balance

 There was a wind advisory from three pm, but it didn’t seem like much until an hour ago, with the rain battering my window; now it’s quiete...

 Oh, what a day. We are to have three days of temps in the fifties, but cloudy. Well, today wasn't; we had mostly sun! Windows open, bir...

 "When we encounter Jesus Christ, we encounter ourselves - ourselves, that is, not as we are but as we are to become. Jesus, in reveali...

 It was cold today, mid-thirties and breezy, but the sun was bright and there's something in the air - spring! The birds are singing a l...

 I laid beside thy gate, am Lazarus; See me or see me not, I still am there, Hungry and thirsty, sore and sick and bare, Dog-comforted and c...

 When you are fasting, i.e., eating much less than usual, you find you have more time to do other things! Not to mention that I have more en...

Some people online are wondering if God has a sense of humor. These folks just need to spend some time with a cat.

 “The God of the philosophers lives in the mind that knows him, receives life by the fact that he is known, lives as long as he is known, an...

  It was so pretty this morning.  Snow falling lightly, and it’s been doing that every night lately - just to cover. I’ve been sick, so in b...

 "Preparation for Lent begins with desire. We exist to desire God. As Saint Augustine says, "My heart is restless until it rests i...

 Well, it's done snowing; we got roughly a foot. It was supposed to continue till seven o'clock this evening, but things have turned...

My boss buys bouquets for our birthdays, but when I bring mine home, after a day or two my eyes burn, I feel it in my breathing. So I though...

  O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace as to become a dwelli...

It is entirely spring-like today; I saw a neighbor pruning his grape vines earlier. Why not? Although I know nothing of grapevines. It's...

 I don't know what this looks like to you, but it's a new book that's coming apart at the spine.  One of my jobs at the library ...

 It's the feast of St. Agatha. "She was martyred in Catania, Sicily, most likely during the persecution of Decius in 251." fro...

 There was a spectacular sunset and I almost missed it. I just happened to go to the front of the house for something, and wow!  The camera ...

 I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't live where there are snowfalls.

 I think it’s so cute when cats turn in their paws like this.

  I've picked up Elizabeth Goudge's Towers in the Mist, and found that St. Edmund Campion is a character in it - I hadn't looked...

 "Christendom has had a series of revolutions and in each one of them Christianity has died. Christianity has died and risen again; for...

 Well, it did snow yesterday to freshen things up a bit and the cold continues, with today being the coldest - but it didn't end up as c...

 I'm working on adapting a new bedskirt to my day bed; I always have to cut off one long edge and attach some of it to a short edge.  I ...

 I only worked half a shift today - we've got snow. Not a lot, but mixed with wetter precipitation and temps in the twenties, everyone w...

 "The best way to shorten winter is to prolong Christmas." - G.K. Chesterton

Eternal light, shine in my heart; Eternal hope, lift up my eyes; Eternal power, be my support; Eternal wisdom, make me wise. Eternal life, r...

 We had a snowy day at last. I'll call it a Christmas snow since we are still in the "greater" Christmas/Epiphany season. But ...

 There is a very nice shop in town, and I like to at least go there before Christmas, when they have a good sale.  This year I noticed that ...

I had forgotten how cold everything seems after a snowfall.    This is not a complaint!    A WINTRY SONNET A Robin said: The Spring will nev...

" Epiphany is a season especially set apart for adoring the glory of Christ. At Christmas we commemorate his grace, in Lent his temptat...

 I like the way the nativity is set up in church this year; it's a bit cramped-looking, actually, but somehow more dynamic. The three ki...