Searching for a Balance

 “O Lord, as we travel through this day of our life, our strength is in you; in our hearts are the roads to our eternal destination, the pla...

 I've always wanted to make a cherry pie on George Washington's birthday. I cannot tell a lie - today I did it. 

 I cut out the front and back pieces for the skirt today; I have to think about the casing for the elastic - I'm not going to fold over ...

 We've seen a rabbit outside under the bird feeder, the past two nights, eating seed. The snow is crusty and hard, the days and nights a...

  I went into the spare room, and there was Annie on a dresser - that was a surprise. They stayed there, and I got my camera. I love this pi...

 The wind roared all day.  A group of starlings were in my neighbor's apple tree - resting, maybe? It's going to be very cold all we...

 "Our difficulties, whatever they may be, can all be used. They are redemptive. Many, many saints experienced various degrees of mental...

It's snowing. It should stop at midnight, with freezing rain a few hours later. We've had to go to Saturday afternoon mass two weeks...

This looks like a good snowstorm, right? Well, the predicted six to ten inches ended up being - not quite four. Honestly.  Of course, we wer...

When it snows at night, the reflection from a sky filled with snowflakes is brighter than on a full moon. It lightens the whole house inside...

 It's supposed to start snowing any moment, but the sky is too dark. When it's going to snow, the clouds are so thick, it looks whit...

"Candlemas [Feb. 2] is the last feast of winter and the first feast of spring" (from Winters in the World by Eleanor Parker) - I w...

 I tried on my Regency gown. Well, I tried to try it on - it doesn't fit anymore. But I did such a good job on it - I'm amazed. It...

 "The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, ...

 Well, everybody was praising the "mildness" of the day - it was above freezing.  Last Sunday night, it snowed. We woke up to a fa...

 The reading at Mass today was Jesus' first recorded miracle, at the Cana wedding. It indicates that the mother of Jesus was the one who...

 I mentioned to Gretchen , in a comment, that I was reading a little book of Ruth Pitter's poetry. And that I couldn't really find ...

  I'd forgotten about this Star of Bethlehem book; it tries to figure out what it was that shone so brightly to guide the three magi to ...

 "It turns out that attention - what we pay attention to, and how we attend - is the most important part of the mindset needed for re-e...

 A bunch of parishioners stayed after Mass today to get all the Christmas decorations put away; all that's left are the poinsettias. The...

 It was supposed to snow lightly this morning, from five till ten. But it didn't stop, and it's been snowing all day. With no accumu...

It's been very cold here, in the twenties for a few days. But after a warm breakfast I went out to see what's going on outside. I co...

 Our priest has been saying some thought-provoking things lately - well, at least to me. (I guess that's what they're supposed to do...

 I changed all the calendars. I like wall calendars, and we have several around the place. Some are for writing on, some not - the pretty on...

  She managed to insert herself on the rocker, amidst the pillow and books.

  When came in flesh th' Incarnate Word, The heedless world slept on, And only simple shepherds heard That God had sent his Son.

 I was reading in chapter fourteen of Revelation; there are angels overseeing the elements - it spoke of one who has authority over fire. It...

 "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom, a light has shone. For a child ...

  Come to be born, to bear us to our birth, To touch a dying world with new-made hands And make the rags of time our swaddling bands. -  Ma...

O come, Desire of nations, bind In one the hearts of all mankind; Bid thou our sad divisions cease, And be thyself our  King of Peace .

 I think I need to stop relying on Accuweather for my forecasts - they said we'd maybe have a dusting of snow yesterday morning, by elev...