Susan's Pendulum

I love violets! This is what I'm looking at as I wash dishes ... ... and hang laundry on the clothesline.

Oh, I seldom fill out those little white postcards that come in the package with appliances and electronics. I guess I always saw them as o...

The Large Catechism teaches us that where the Word is preached, and only where the Word is preached , there is the Holy Spirit. Even life-l...

We recently saw an advertisement for this month's Star Trek movie. Certain people who are related to me are very excited about the rele...

Hit the jackpot at the grocery store yesterday: found some already-frozen (can't be refrozen) chicken breasts getting close to expiratio...

I'm bad. I never read the book. We watched the movie , though, the other night, and it was GOOD. We especially liked Richard Harris (...

Charlotte's Web was copyrighted in 1952. It's been a long time since I read this; I think the older kids read it on their own inst...

One of last week's Bible stories ended with John's statement that And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if the...

Given that I wear only jeans, I shouldn't expect them to last forever. I owned three pair of pants, and in the space of two weeks, two ...

Let's say I make a list for myself of today's jobs: brush teeth drink a pint of water take my vitamins eat breakfast clear table fro...

Nanna and Gramp had a table that was passed on to Aunt Mary's family, and then on to my parents, and then on to me and Gary. I remember...

Andrew introduced something to me today. Pandora Radio is an online set of music. You put in the genre you want, and it makes a "rad...

I have noticed in the past how often my pastor says "yes" when he's teaching. When he asks a question and hears a wrong answe...

Three times Peter denied Jesus (John 18) . A couple of weeks after His resurrection, Jesus asked Peter three times, "Do you love Me?...

For those who asked to see how the dress turned out -- Guess who caught the bride's bouquet? Some of the official photographer's pic...

The kids who are Maggie's age are finishing up 8th grade this spring. That means she would be the age for high school next year. At wor...

(Sorry, folks, these aren't the best. But if I were Karen, I'd wanna see 'em anyway!) Bride and groom at the rehearsal dinner a...

Pastor has been talking recently about how we find no true joy and peace and happiness when we're looking for it, but only when we sacri...

Great-grandma watches Alia being enchanted by her necklace -- Gilly with his first great-grandchild -- Gary's mom smilin' big (and h...