Susan's Pendulum

My husband teases that I would have to clean before a maid came to clean. I wouldn't, though. At least not in the way that he means. T...

So often we hear that we forgive those who are sorry. We forgive those who repent. It seems a logical corollary to the idea that a pastor ...

If a person does something well (like make bread, or sew a dress, or play trumpet) and recognizes his/her own skill, and appreciates the res...

Gary's got some pictures over on his blog. Last night, we went out to eat at The Fox and the Hound . When somebody asked yesterday aft...

What a perfect day to have been stuck in the car, doing errands, giving Andrew practice driving on the interstate. The radio was on all mor...

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for fl...

Teigen Hall, the boys' dorm Looking out from Paul's room, across campus toward Old Main, and then the other direction I don't kn...

This is probably boring to most people who aren't closely related to me. But for their sakes.... :-) Paul's room: These are pictu...

Last Friday we loaded up the van. Not too bad a load. It is amazing to me, after moving a whole houseful of stuff twice, to remember what ...

72. I loved growing red and white IMPATIENS at the old house in what used to be the sandbox. Pink and purple impatiens is okay (just like...

Rosie caught a mouse! Athena's not sure what she thinks of this. She attacked Rosie's tail during her play with the prey. Athena w...

I don't know if it's the time of year, or what, but there have been lots of questions recently about the temporary unavailability of...

Some people have a tradition of taking a picture of the kids on their first day of school each year. Well, Paul, who will be voting in his ...

Yesterday's story was Exodus 24. The Israelites had just gotten the Law from God, including the Ten Commandments. They responded with,...

Today's story was Exodus 25, the instructions from the Lord for building the ark of the covenant in the tabernacle. Moses was to invite...

When things started falling apart last September, and bedtimes got messed up, and the parents were talking and worrying, our schedule did no...

69. A little OAK tree. 70. Here's a close-up picture of the leaves of a tree. This looks just like the one I found growing as a weed...

Kids and I accomplished: Trip to town for Matins and mailing a package of left-behind items to Paul. Had Larry over to look at the electric...

Driving Paul to college last Friday, we happened to see a road sign for "WARNING: Deer Crossing." Sitting between the road sig...

Kathy asked for the recipe. Recipe? I'm supposed to have a recipe??? Well, for the sake of enzymes and the lacto-fermentation and all...