Susan's Pendulum

If my neighbor is behind on his electric bill and is about to have his power turned off, I can pay his bill for him if I so choose. If I wa...

Rosie Cotton (the kitten) loves water. She always wants to stick her head down into our water glasses and have us share our water. She wil...

the stove is not working. Looks like I'm going to be back to cooking at church and in the crockpots, like it was in September. Of cour...

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved. God shall help her just at the break of dawn. Y'know what that means, doncha? You go...

Gina has a great blog post about her reactions to the liturgy when she first found herself in need of a church, and what it's like for ...

After two months of severe health problems for my dad, the doctors finally discovered the problem. Doctors don't often get the response...

I really really really like the one-year series for the lectionary. I like that I hear the same readings over and over, out of the same Bib...

People usually know that when the nurses "call a code" in the hospital, it's not a good thing. However, it IS very important ...

When people are on IV's after surgery and can't have anything by mouth, their lips get really dry -- dry to the point of splitting a...

As per Rachel's request , box of Raisin Bran or Bran Flakes (10-15 oz.) 2.5 cups sugar 5 cups flour 2 tsp salt 1.5 Tbsp baking soda 4 be...

I love the canticle "This Is the Feast." It makes a lovely communion-distribution hymn, especially during Eastertide. But I'm...

After a gazillion times of watching High School Musical , we decided to try making "the perfect creme brulee." Well, not the perf...

I am SO far behind on reading my Backwoods Home Magazines. But I was doing a little skimming during Maggie's swimming lesson recently....

He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had placed among men, and delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the ene...

Okay, maybe this is a no-brainer for y'all, but I was just tickled when I noticed this today. Supposedly we were studying John 13 in Bi...

Whole-food vitamins seem to me to be a much better way to get supplemental nutrients into a body than using the chemical vitamins so often f...

Last month, a synodical representative met with the members of our church to discuss the difficult situation in which we find ourselves [mon...

Our area had a hard frost on September 14. My tomatoes made it through. Here it is, six weeks later, and I'm still getting fresh garde...

We distracted ourselves from life and did something totally uncharacteristic tonight. We just up and went to a play. I wanted so desperate...

They say that people that lived through the Great Depression learned to make do, but that for decades afterward it had an effect on the way ...