Searching for a Balance

 All of a sudden today, it was summer. When I stepped out this morning, I felt a balminess that surprised me. Annie wasn't much interest...

  Almighty, ever-living God, constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism ma...

I used a different setting on my camera for this one  My boss sent me a photo of a rabbit, seen in some shrubbery at the library. This is a ...

 "The old way of thinking about the world helped heal the 'tragic dilemma' of being human."                               ...

 We are back to seasonal temperatures, but it was so sunny today it really seemed much warmer - not sure if it was, but it did seem.  I bega...

 Monday we went to the shore to visit a relative. I so enjoyed the ride; the trees are beginning to flower, forsythia is still brightly glow...

With more rain than usual, lawns are being mowed - my brother mowed ours yesterday. Out my window, I see a neighbor mowed his and left littl...

 "By baptism we are grafted onto Christ so as to form with him one single body - his Mystical Body. We are given life by his very Spiri...

A goldfinch at the feeder with forsythia in the background - The plum tree in bloom with our neighbor's shed showing behind it - Some wi...

My project today was to finally do my state income taxes. Now I can relax. I never intend to leave them till the end, but I keep putting hou...

 A co-worker yesterday said to me, Did you know there was an earthquake in New York this morning?  No, I was pretty busy at the main desk, h...

 I hemmed my skirt today, and ironed it after I took these pictures. The dark brown and turquoise speak to me of spring. This is about the o...

  There are these young women online here and there who like to dress in Little Women attire, and who share their old-fashioned crafts and r...

 "May the children come and have tea with me? I'd like Edith to get accustomed to me and the house. Sunday?"  "Yes,"...

St. Peter and St. John running to the empty tomb  For the past few years I've been able to go to the Holy Thursday mass, the Good Friday...

 Right after the daffodils bloomed, it got quite cold, and I saw them one day with their heads just laying on the rocks in front of them. Bu...

Annie had a checkup at the vet's today. She weighs eleven pounds and a little. We were both sure the doctor would prescribe a diet for o...

 from The King's College, New York City  "Sometimes we stop at the crosses that day by day you have in store for us. We moan and sq...

 We had rain all day again; so much that I ordered the groceries for delivery.  Puddles everywhere. But we were cozy in the house, and I mad...