Susan's Pendulum

Upon Cheryl's urging and Fritz's do-it-right-now reminder, I listened to a portion of the Lessons & Carols service from King...

After learning from a master herbalist that comfrey is totally awesome at healing cuts and other skin problems, I added a pound of comfrey l...

The nice post-master smiled at me today as I mailed some textbooks to ebay customers. I'm getting to where I recognize the clerks at th...

From about 6-weeks-old All giggly Daddy's girl Mommy's clone?

I turned on the TV. Yes, I did. First time since we got the digital converter box last summer. I wanted to listen to the Christmas music on ...

Shooooot! Poor kitties have to potty indoors because of the deep deep snow. I had to buy more litter and carefully scanned the boxes at the...

If something needs to be done right now, do it yourself. If you've got some time to do a project, delegate it to someone else. If you ha...

My pastor has often said that God hides most of our sin from us. If we could actually see the full extent of our sin, it would destroy us. ...

I never wanted a snow blower. It seems that shovels do a better job of clearing the driveway. And it's another machine to maintain. T...

Has anybody noticed how many homeschooling moms of large families struggle with depression? I think that those who homeschool are prone to d...

A cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. Th...

This factoid may be obvious to many readers, but I have been bumping into the wrong idea a lot this year. The "twelve days of Christma...

My pared-down goals for the day were to: finish clearing snow off the driveway, clean the bathrooms, make supper, buy milk, make bread. I ha...

One of Karin's kids wants to know why the Virgin Mary is so skinny after just having a baby. While I would respond, "Because life ...

I'm going nuts. I want so badly to water the tree! This is our first year ever to have a fake tree. There's something unsettling a...

The collect from Sunday implores that God would lighten the darkness of our hearts by His gracious visitation. After a cruddy day on Wednes...

We worked hard to be clearing the driveway this morning, even as the snow continued to pour down. I figured with 8" on the ground and ...

I don't have self-rising flour in the house. Beer bread is a standard recipe that is recorded in nearly every church ladies' cookbo...

In a convenient confluence of dates, it just so happens that two wonderful men (with absolutely wonderful wives) happen to have birthdays ...

It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barkin...