Susan's Pendulum

How ingrained is that old hymnal, in ways that I don't even realize? In LSB, some of the hymns have five stanzas in the music score. Wh...

Some kids just learn to sing naturally. Some don't. For the last month, my 12-yr-old and I have been spending 5-10 minutes a day trying...

We didn't used to like grape jelly. That's because we got it from the store. Grape jelly made from your own grapes is altogether d...

In the past, I was a sucker for any game which could be considered educational. We didn't play them as much as I envisioned myself play...

Child #2 didn't getten chosen for the job that looked to be a likely prospect. Major bummers. But for others who, like him, are still ...

In movies of olden times, sometimes you see the women going to the door with a bucket of dirty dish-water, and throwing it out, into the str...

You shall not bring the wages of a harlot nor the price of a dog to the house of Yhwh your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are...

It may be a humongous pain to have no way to dispose of water from your house. But it's way way better than not having water at all. A...

Pastor has mentioned on various occasions that he likes "You shall have no other gods" much better than the older catechism which ...

Public school started today. We've been hitting the books in a very UN-unschooly way for the last two weeks: with lists, and assignment...

Here's the problem with homeschooling. Your children use the water in your house. (I mean, really, now, can you believe they DO such a...

The women are mad. Changes are being made to my beloved grocery store . They expanded the produce section, moved some aisles, did a little ...

Until a couple of years ago, I'd never had schnapps. All I knew about schnapps was that it was popular among my classmates in high scho...

This week's collect is Almighty and everlasting God, give us an increase of faith, hope, and charity; and that we may obtain what You ha...

Maybe I'm getting gross in my old age. Or maybe I'm getting practical. Sometimes you have to stir a big mess o' something. Meatl...

For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands. O Lord, how great are Your works! What is Hi...

Earlier this week, one of Maggie's exercises for auditory therapy was to narrate back a short non-fiction paragraph on the differences b...

I remember asking in Sunday School and adult Bible class and even in college theology classes about that word fear . I asked a gazillion ti...

I make lists. I must. I have no memory. I remember a friend telling me once that list-making wasn't good. If it was important, you...

It's not raining, but the basement keeps getting wetter. And it stinks. This is not a good sign.