Susan's Pendulum

Do jellyfish get gas from eating jellybeans?

While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the ...

The whole time we were reading Betsy in Spite of Herself , Maggie and I craved fudge. The teenagers in that story made fudge every time the...

My children used to think that pancakes were made of wheat flour, eggs, and milk. Then Pastor introduced my children to the concept of choc...

We ran the AC earlier this week for two days. Apparently the hose was plugged. Yesterday morning I found water on the basement floor, wett...

Three guys were fishing in a lake one day, when an angel appeared in the boat. When the three astonished men had settled down enough to spea...

It's a 10-minute piece. Not short. Discussion with Ally Carey about being at APT and "All's Well" which is playing thi...

Great quote* from Charlie this morning -- Mark Neumann can achieve a victory for Tom Barrett, but he cannot at this point achieve victory f...

Proofreading yesterday, I came across the first line of a couple of prayers drawn from the Table of Duties. One began, "Heavenly Fathe...

Tis the season. Hoping for another 8-10 weeks of a window sill that remains decorated with at least this many lovelies at all times. Lunch t...

Raspberries in the garden are slowing down. And that's where all the mosquitoes live. The goofy raspberries growing under the lilac bu...

When the kids were little, we memorized 1 John 4:7-8 through one of those camp songs or a "Wee Sing Bible" tape or something. Run...

We drink water. There's milk in the house: for cooking, to pour on your granola, about a cup a day for the kids to drink, and for those ...

It was the final examination for an introductory biology course at the local university. Like many such freshman courses, it was designed to...

What God ordains is always good: this truth remains unshaken. Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, I shall not be forsaken. I fear no harm...

Note to self: Do not buy raw garlic at Walmart. A store may carry a particular item. But if there's almost no shelf space dedicated to...

Stories no longer talk about children going to out play in the rain, wearing their slickers and rubbers and rain hoods. Every time I talk ab...