Susan's Pendulum

My son-in-law pointed me to an article by " America's Worst Mom ." She writes: We have to be less afraid of nature and more w...

The trucker knew the upcoming bridge was low, but the detour would be long and he thought he could make it through. Unfortunately, he manag...

Our story on Sunday was about Josiah and the recovery of the Torah and the celebration of the Passover (2 Kings 22). Josiah tore down the p...

I personally do not blame Congress. If I had $600 or $800 billion in my pocket, I'd probably be irresponsible too.

I've been considering taking a class at the local tech school on running a small business. I have several ideas, and I could begin to i...

Oh no! Test scores are falling! American children score near the bottom of the heap in _________! Drop-out rates are climbing! The sky is fa...

A farmer saw a huge campaign bus go by his corn field. Just as it went out of sight, he heard a huge crash and the bus hit a big oak tree. ...

In the midst of some study on the Seventh Commandment ("You shall not steal") I ran across Paul's admonition in 2 Thessalonian...

A woman went to the clinic for a problem. After a look at her health history and a discussion of the symptoms of her health problem, the do...

At anniversary time, we often recall the details of that day. For example, the oncology nurses who brought us trays of food. On the day th...

They say you learn from your mistakes. Okay, here's what I've learned this year so far. 1. Strawberries need straw. Too many stra...

Last week was a family reunion. Katie and Nathan and Alia traveled from Texas to attend. Occasionally (but rarely) Alia was a bit out of s...

Before we left on vacation, I made three batches of kombucha to brew while we were gone . I could come home, refill the empties we drank on...

I took a bar of home-made soap with us on vacation last week. It got used up! In one week! It never does that at home. The shower stall ...

If you've been composting --especially after the first year when you've had the chance to use that lovely black dirt-- but extenuati...

We have had to replace a couple of ignition cylinders on our cars. It's not cheap. Worse yet, it becomes darned inconvenient in figuri...

Cute movie! It's a romantic comedy that follows a typical story-line of how being together creates affection and love. (This frequent...

Our chapel stories this week have been about Stephen. In his final sermon, Stephen told about when Moses attempted to break up the fight be...

Nearly a gallon. And I only worked my way through 2/3 of the patch today. And this is just the start! Woo hooo! I was editing some material...

Ate one strawberry yesterday. Gary picked four this morning. Looks like they'll be starting in heavy by the end of the week. Gary and...