Susan's Pendulum

Liz asked about pruning raspberries. This is what I accomplished a couple of weeks ago. Thing is, I shouldn't have. Because I didn...

For many years we recited one chief part of the catechism each day of the week. It keeps the words once-memorized accessible in one's...

Once upon a time, on this very evening, I was in a fit of vacuuming, mopping, dusting, doing laundry, and washing dishes. Yes, it was late....

What? A person is unclean because he was working in the field and accidentally touched a dead frog? A person is unclean because of certain...

What's the difference between a pastor and a DCE? Between a pastor and a principal? Between a pastor and a deaconess? Recent "Pre...

Actually, when the crabgrass flowers, it's rather pretty. Pssst -- This is not a good thing to have discovered.

When Gary and I went to check in to our bed & breakfast for our anniversary celebration, we were stunned to find that we didn't have...

Come, let us reason together: Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shal...

Y'know how some Christians are prone to telling us we need to change the way we think, how we need to be more spiritual or whatever? Som...

For 27 years, homeschoolers have been notifying the Dept of Public Instruction of the same information regarding their homeschools. It'...

I buy health insurance through Gary's job. The company who sells it to us does not have any influence over my health or my need for the...

Yes, yes, we know it's hot in Texas, but this ends up a bit silly. As today is the anniversary of California's statehood, this morni...

While transforming a bushel of tomatoes into spaghetti sauce yesterday afternoon, I listened to a Lutheran call-in talk show. The topic was...

There's disagreement out there on the topic of whether healthy babies should be baptized right after birth or if it's better to wait...

Gary and I walked into a gift shop we've enjoyed in the past. The first thing I saw inside the door, prominently displayed, was a pink ...

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. C. S. Lewis, in...

The Census Bureau contacted us recently. We have been chosen [oh, lucky us!] to participate in a two-week project. People keep diaries on ...

A couple of weeks ago, Maggie couldn't exercise. It was too hot, you see. It was, oh, maybe 80° out. So today we talk about whether sh...

We have our expectations. When a cheerful person is quiet and moody, we accept the mood as an anomaly and expect the pleasant disposition n...

I love the opening quote from an article about the role of an unschooling parent: Unschooling is not about letting my children run wild. I...