Susan's Pendulum

King Saul wanted to eliminate David, the one anointed by the Lord to be the next king. David was in hiding. He even tried hiding with the ...

I seldom let bread rise only once before shaping it. It's not discipline; it's disorganization. The bread is rising. I have thing...

Right now we are reading David stories from 1 Samuel. Pastor has been pointing out how David is set up look like Christ ... but not quite. ...

Last week Maggie had the blood test done to verify whether she has VCFS. Results came back today. Now we can mail the application to parti...

I was googling a recipe for pork chops that used plenty of basil, and I found this one that is brown sugar and basil, with a little salt an...

When Philip went off to college, I first heard about "helicopter parents" who hover and make decisions for their kids and don'...

After chapel this morning and an hour of doing schoolwork in the narthex at church, we headed to the library. That's when we learned th...

After enjoying plenty of cucumber salads and other uses for abundant cukes, we were still being overrun there for a while. We caught up by ...

You're not supposed to store tomatoes in the refrigerator. They're supposed to sit on the counter. If they ripen and you put them ...

We've never before "started school." This year, for various reasons, I think we're going to need to do that. Tomorrow is...

After a long, dry sermon, the minister announced that he wished to meet with the board following the close of the service. The first man to ...

As we've been looking toward the approaching school year and considering curricula and schedules, I'm overwhelmed with all there is ...

With the help of a fertility specialist, a 65-year-old woman has a baby. All her relatives come to visit and meet the newest member of their...

So far I've canned a dozen quarts of beans. I'm wondering whether I should can more. One of the jars in my last batch didn't se...

When we first moved in, two different neighbors warned us about the coyotes and that our outdoor cats would be in danger. We were not terri...

An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He was fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 10...

Lord God, You have called Your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. G...

Yesterday's Day by Day included these sentences by Luther: At the same time suffer evil and injustice and yet punish evil and injustice...

A noted psychiatrist was a guest at a National Organization for Women gathering, and his hostess broached the subject in which the doctor wa...

... you never know whether it's hot flashes or whether the day is just really warming up and you're just now beginning to notice. ...