Susan's Pendulum

As firefighters, we are required to wear our full bunker gear on all safety calls, even to advise homeowners of a county ordinance against b...

What is a vampire's favorite fast food? A guy with very high blood pressure. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do zombies eat popcorn with their...

We visited Holy Hill the other day to see the beautiful art work, to see the beautiful countryside, to climb the tower, and to be outside i...

It was Halloween night when a driver called our road-service dispatch office complaining that he was locked out of his car. I forwarded the ...

Sam the Minuteman (Revolutionary War, colonists' side) George the Drummer Boy (Revolutionary War, British side) The Boston Coffee Party ...

A few days into retirement, his wife asked him, "So what are you going to do today?" The man answered, "Nothing." "...

I've been looking for a lasagna pan for years. Today I found a set of Anchor-Hocking bakeware at Aldi. A three-pan set (8x11", 9x...

Two blondes are walking along the beach together. One gasps and says, "Look at that dead bird!" The other looks up and asks, ...

Sounds rather oxymoronic, doesn't it? The concluding petitions to this week's collect are that the heavenly Father would defend us a...

All those bagels made of white bread a couple of weeks ago, in addition to non-whole-wheat noodles, gunked me up in my head and throat. Fi...

Seen on a bumper sticker: If you can read this, my caravan's fallen off.

Alia locked up in her carseat on the move to Texas: A very fuzzy picture of Katie and Alia at the gas station where the beer distributor gav...

It was interesting to me to notice Psalm 31: My eye wastes away with grief, yes, my soul and my body. For my life is spent with grief, and m...

My son, objecting to the "demotion" of Pluto so that we are no longer supposed to call it a planet: Don't you dare say Pluto i...

Andrew and I sat down to listen to our current tape in the US at War series. We're studying the time leading up to the Revolutionary W...

An Arab diplomat visiting the U.S. for the first time was being wined and dined by the State Department. The Grand Emir was unused to the sa...

If you're a homeschool mom like me, you may not have balloons in the house when you need them for science experiments. "What do yo...

On a transatlantic flight, a plane passes through a severe storm. The turbulence is awful, and things go from bad to worse when one wing is ...

In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear confrontations, the Montana Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, ...

This isn't as runny as the caramel dips you find in the produce section or at the apple orchard, but it's healthier. The taste isn...