Susan's Pendulum

Phew -- it's not pneumonia or bronchitis. Just a sinus infection. Maggie has been sick for four weeks. No fever the whole time. But ...

At Didache last night, Pastor said something he's said a gazillion times before. But I never remember it until he's in the midst of...

Sign seen today outside a church: Bi-lingual Pentecostal services. (C'mon. Think about that...)

Nothing has been done toward car shopping or computer replacement. That's a little stressful. Lots of editing to cram in this week and...

The new year isn't going as happily as people were wishing me last week. Rachel, Oz has died. Probably our biggest mistake of 2010 was ...

Coordinate adjectives. I know the rule to use a comma between words in a series. For example, When the child lost his marbles, his Matchbox...

Lesson #1. If you're going to bother turning on the Self-Cleaning feature on the stove, do it for the highest, most intense, longest se...

Mom, you're going to want to see this clip !

I don't care if the ornaments are clustered in one spot on the tree. I don't care if there are big bare spots. That unevenness is ...

Lesson learned on Christmas afternoon (the very firstest Christmas in which we hung our socks by the fireplace): If you want to start a fire...

Sign on the door of the hardware store today: 50% off all Christmas merchandise Christmas lights Christmas trees inflatable snowmen Santa he...

Sunday morning. Feast of Stephen, so the nights are still long and the days brief. 6:30, an hour before sun-up on a cloudy day, so the dar...

Julie arranged this awesome bow to adorn Maggie's birthday present. She took thin ribbon and threaded 8 long pieces through a store-bou...

You're "supposed" to hug your kids and tell them you love them. I never did that as much as I should have. When we moved her...

The last line of the Venite (Psalm 95) says that we are "the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand." I don't know a...

Philip was telling us today that Matt (who is a doctor) has a t-shirt that says "Trust me, I'm a doctor." We looked up a pict...

A man went to his dentist because he felt something wrong in his mouth. The dentist examined him and said, "That new upper plate I put ...

I didn't think we'd have presents this year. But the tree is surrounded! 1. A stranger showed up last week with a large bag full ...

So does anybody else find enchanting the two celebrations for this one date? The antiphon for this day is "O Dayspring, splendor of lig...

Why the difference? Some people say, "I know this is hard for you," and you can feel the sympathy and the love coming through. O...