Susan's Pendulum

Lily (my god-daughter) is now FOUR and a HALF! And I'm tickled because she sent me a "happy happy happy Epiphany" picture yest...

It can be interesting to live with a person who has central auditory processing disorder. The standard definition of dyslexia is that the l...

In the first 24 hours after church on New Years Eve, Gary and I watched four movies . Is this a harbinger of laziness and increased tv-ad...

In today's collect we pray that God would grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit that our hearts may be made pure from all sins. ...

We trust in God. We trust Him for guidance in how to live our lives. We trust Him for the power to do those good works. We trust Him for for...

Snow tally for the month: 8" on December 1 3" worth of shoveling drifts on December 2 6" on December 3 3" on December 6 ...

My friend Karl was telling us last week about his trip to Ghana last summer. He said that, after he returned to the States, it really strik...

Halloween is October 31. People carve jack-o-lanterns in October. They light them for decorations for Halloween. My pumpkin didn't get ...

I should've been taking pictures after the wedding when the families were gathered at the front of church. But no, there were cookies t...

An editing oops from The Scroll , the college newspaper at BLC : The article is about an on-campus group that promotes "awareness, moti...

Today we recalled the story of the little boys at Bethlehem who were slaughtered by Herod in his attempt to kill the Christ-child (Matthew 2...

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...