Susan's Pendulum

Updates which may bore people who aren't my mom -- Gary has been teaching a class at the Waukesha campus of Concordia--Wisconsin.  Enj...

I think I washed dishes eight times on Tuesday before I asked one of the kids to help. Wednesday looked to be another day full of dishes. ...

We pray that evil be thwarted; we pray for an end to abortion and other murders; we pray that people are safe; we pray that people do not be...

For He has delivered me out of all trouble;  And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.  (Psalm 54) The same sort of line shows up i...

Last year, Pastor Bender spoke on Issues Etc about thankfulness, why we are thankful (or not), how the gifts God provides can become idols,...

One of my daughters (a lonnnng way off from menopause) mentioned that she sometimes uses refined salt because of the iodine content.  When s...

He has made His wonderful works to be remembered. (Ps 111) Not only has He done wonderful works. But He also makes sure that we (we wh...

The old dishes were annoying us.  Quite a few had broken.  The bowls didn't stack, and thus hogged too much space in cupboards.  The pla...

And he showed me a pure river of water of life,  clear as crystal,  proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.  In the middle of ...

I have seen counterfeit money at work that is fresh off the presses, crisp, new, and fake.  Counterfeits are more likely to be "distres...

And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again and arms are stro...

The math books we're using this year are marvelous.   They cover all sorts of non-math stuff too!  So last week we were reading about an...

We came home on Tuesday night to find a massive amount of Christmas lights decorating a tree in our yard. We didn't put them there.  T...

(At risk of offending Jenny and sending her running away, with her fingers in her ears, singing "La la la la la la la....  I can't ...

One 5-quart crockpot full of African peanut soup.  Bowls, spoons, ladle. Hummus, sliced cucumbers, and pita chips. Fresh salsa, guacamole,...

Three weeks ago Gary hurt his back by committing the wild and crazy act of [gasp!] setting a coffee cup on his desk.  After several doctor v...

My 3-yr-old-at-the-time granddaughter drew this picture recently.  It was one of many, including making some letters, drawing a chicken,...

I just realized today that I haven't been praying too much about the outcome of the election.  Over the last couple of weeks, I've b...