Searching for a Balance

 showing off a beautiful tail.  I had no idea.

 It rained much of the day - it's pouring now - so I imagine the parades were cancelled. There were no military plane flyovers, which I ...

It's funny that the atmosphere of peace which abides in early mornings, is not disturbed or hindered in any way by loud and joyful birds...

 The scent of grass as its being mowed. The musical conversation of the catbirds. Going from flannel to muslin nightwear, overnight! The law...

 "The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on t...

 I finished C.S. Lewis book. Toward the end, there was a section that seemed so dense and I decided that I didn't have to read every wor...

 I thought Daisy was asleep on my bed, when she suddenly got up and went to the window, obviously seeing something. I looked out - a rabbit....

 I was lying in bed, the sun had just come up, the birds were singing. Suddenly, a whirlwind - no, not the Holy Spirit, Pentecost isn't ...

 "Through faith we must all learn a kind of Copernican revolution. Copernicus discovered that it was not the sun that went around the e...

 A festive chirruping announces the day, singing in the light of dawn. Christ spurs on the soul, inviting us to a rebirth, this day. Arise f...

 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,"...