Susan's Pendulum

It's Lion Daze weekend here. Nanna and Zoe in the shade at the parade: Katie, Alia, and Gary watching the parade pass by: Alia's fav...

The other day Maggie was practicing decorating a cake. I think we may have to find her a teacher that's not me. There are several reas...

What would Jesus do? He would be called an antinomian. (See Mt 3:2, Mk 2: 16 & 18, Lk 11, Jn 9:16) Interesting...

In the parable of the sower and the seed (Mt 13, Mk 4, Lk 8) Jesus concludes the story by saying that the seed that fell on the good soil y...

Somebody says, "Not everybody is at the same place in his Christian walk. We can't be judgmental if God hasn't brought somebod...

Sometimes you notice something that sets you bouncing and squealing with delight. And then you wonder how many gazillion other subtle allu...

The Ascension hymn calls us to see the Lord "riding on the clouds His chariot, to His heavenly palace gate." I had always thought...

Gary and I both have to change our passwords frequently at work. Many companies' computers are programmed to require new passwords ever...

Is there a finite amount of suffering, like there are groceries or library books or moving boxes? Sometimes it almost seems like someone can...

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly of heart, and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, an...

You lug the basket of wet clothes out to back yard. You hang the clothes on the line. When they're dry, you fold them, place them in t...

In Psalm 139, the psalmist says, "The night shall be light about me," and "The darkness and light are both alike to You....

With symposium, company, and berry-time, I have been lax recently in remembering my vitamins, green drink, and enzymes. Now I'm feeling...

When she arrived yesterday: "Nanna, you don't have milk in your breasts." Out in the garden, while she was by the sprinkler a...

The strawberries seemed to be done. Now, the drier & warmer days have them producing again. I went out yesterday to fetch in the ...

Recently, Karin and EC and I were talking about weeds and pruning raspberries. I teased Karin that she should be eating day lily buds , s...

Why does it take 10-15 minutes to turn on the sprinkler? It should take 10-15 seconds . Short of buying a new sprinkler every spring and a...

The most important thing to know is that a berry cane will make a shoot and grow up one summer, but it's the following summer that it be...

"He will come to judge the quick and the dead." Early in life, Luther quaked in his boots, fearing the Judge. We, too, sometimes...

The receptionists at the doctor's office were chatting about their weekend. One was the honoree at a baby shower. She was talking abou...