Susan's Pendulum

I've been having trouble with the bread rising slowly in the cold kitchen. We don't have a pilot light in the oven. Usually I let ...

We really didn't need to get hooked on another tv show. But they started broadcasting right after American Idol to hook us in, and the ...

Last week, we skipped Thursday's Belegarth practice because the weekend was just too jam-packed full. Then Saturday we were cancelled ...

In our continuing homeschool study of the Constitution, yesterday we were working through Amendments 11-15. One is on suffrage. A workbook q...

Anthea told us about International Tiara Day , and we of course are weird enough to find that enticing. So Rachel bought some inexpensive ...

We recently watched again the movie I Confess . It's a 1953 Hitchcock horror story. When Steve Wiest told us we HAD to watch this mov...

It's cold. It's winter and the days are not long. The chickens are on strike. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Some people fast for Lent. ...

This shows the chancel. (I'm not sure what they call it in the Eastern Church, but it's what the deacon said would compare to the H...

My friend, Mrs Rebellious, is hosting the current Lutheran Carnival . If you're unfamiliar with the carnival, it's a list of recent...

For those of you who don't know the story, my youngest was born in the car on Christmas morning. Labor was putzing along, going nowhere...

A federal judge in Massachusetts handed down a decision this week that says schools not only can but should endorse homosexuality to chil...

We watched the original Rocky movie tonight. It's one of those movies that's on the top-100 list as all-time great movies. We...

Today some obnoxious little 10-yr-old girls decided to pick on Andrew during his paper route. "Hey, paper boy, give us a paper." ...

The cars are driving past the house are going about 30 mph instead of 65. The snow started about 7:00 here tonight, and is already piling u...

Our fieldtrip today was to St Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral . It's probably the most beautiful building I've ever been in. The o...

Jane started this and tagged everybody. I'm sure that all of us have lots of stuff in our fridges, so list just five things in each cate...

You know what people do when they're snowed in? Check blogs. My site-meter report for the day of the big storm last week was unbelieva...

"Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return." There was a paragraph in the church bulletin this afternoon, e...

everyone is flocking to the car wash! I figured that today, while I was doing the weekly errands, I should wash the salt and grime off the ...

In past years of homeschooling, we could never find much on the War of 1812. We found kiddy books on the Star Spangled Banner. We found gr...