Susan's Pendulum

Barbara had a blog post recently about banks. She wrote about bank failures and gave some information on how to evaluate the safety of yo...

Where do forest rangers go to get away from it all? - - - - - - - - - What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered ...

If you can't say something nice, something something surreal.

Some people complain that homeschoolers will never learn to deal with bullies. Hey, I went to public school, and I don't know how to de...

Life is as easy as 3.141592653589...

Winter means split, cracked, painful heels. Taking good care of your feet prevents the worst of the problems, but the dry air from the furn...

I was waiting tables in a noisy lobster restaurant in Maine when a vacationing Southerner stumped me with a drink order. I approached the ba...

Once upon a time, Pastor Wieting arranged an evangelism festival. He asked a Pastor Vetter to come speak. It was awesome! Not about what ...

Don't take life too seriously; it's not permanent.

Finished up the bulk of the work on my current editing project. The last steps can be accomplished while I'm out of town this week. Va...

The teacher asked the children to draw a picture of Mommy at work. This is Sarah's drawing: The next day, Sarah's mommy sent this n...

Me? A skeptic?? I trust you have proof...

We saw the eye doctor today to get a prescription for [ta da!] those bifocals I didn't want to succumb to several years ago. Boy, it wa...

A young blonde was on vacation in the depths of Louisiana. She wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst way, but was very reluc...

Tonight we watched the Star of Bethlehem movie . The lecturer begins with the question of whether the star was (zap!) a miraculous phenomen...

Some pastors I know say that, in the first chapter of Luke, Mary's song (the Magnificat) is the greeting that she spoke to Elizabeth wh...

A man was passing a small courtyard and heard voices murmuring. He went in and saw an altar with a large zero in the middle and a banner th...

Top Ten Ways to Terrorize a Telemarketer 10. When they ask "How are you today?" Tell them! "I'm so glad you asked because...

This is from my sister's sister-in-law. We tried it yesterday, liked it, and made notes of what we want to tweak next time we make it. ...

Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute; set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. from Miss Drosend...