Susan's Pendulum

Update in Sept 09: For those who are looking for photos, check out this post . Our family knows about the C in vcfs. Maggie's been to ...

We pray the psalm several times daily: The eyes of all look to You, o Lord, and You give them their food at the proper time. We've been ...

For years I have used Dakota Maid flour. The price was ideal -- less than half of Gold Medal or Pillsbury. The product was superior. I co...

A word to Christian women -- When you look in the mirror on Sunday morning and see a little cleavage showing at the neckline of your dress ...

Back at the parsonage, we've watched the annual robin wars. The males come back in spring a few weeks before the females. The males ha...

On the way to church yesterday, I heard a brief portion of a religion show on NPR . The topic was "Exploring a New Humanism" whe...

A grieved heart pours out her struggle with sin and pain. The typical Christian response: Try harder to be good. God will help you. A bette...

Sometimes there's so much to do that there's no time to THINK. But sometimes thinking is important. Sometimes a person has to figur...

Cats go outside. It's what they do. City cats roam the neighborhood. Country cats roam the fields. Cats do not stay contained in a y...

I adore pegboard. I love pegboard. I love the neatness. I'm crazy about how much space it saves. I love having tools and shop-items ...

Long ago, I used to recycle. Then the government made it mandatory. At that point, municipalities wouldn't let non-residents drop off ...

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted. The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. Interesting how...

When kitty does not have acres in which to hunt gophers, the lady of the house must purchase vaster quantities of kibble. Poor kitty, she...

Mollie's article is in the Wall Street Journal today.

Last time I cooked beef tongue, I put it in the crockpot with barbecue sauce. It tasted fine, but it was way too tender. Almost like a cus...

Maggie got a gmail account and has been chatting chatting chatting with everybody she can get a hold of. If she gets a hold of you and won...

Melody has some excellent observations today on the war, the statistics we're hearing about the war, the effectiveness of our soldiers,...

With these words, Pr Asburry closed a wise blogpost on the topic of Issues Etc 's cancellation: If I were in the shoes of either Pr. Wi...

There is a reason wine bottles are topped with corks instead of screw-on lids. If the wine was not fully fermented prior to bottling, it is...

The Pharisees went to Pilate, asking that the legs of the criminals might be broken so that their bodies would not remain on the cross on th...