Susan's Pendulum

Three days in a row at home. Oh, it's a beautiful thing! After two and a half months of working extra days every week, we made a tri...

Thawed tilapia.  What to do with it for dinner?  Yowza -- I hit the jackpot with an online recipe .  I used 2# of fish and cooked it in two ...

Moses and Elijah both struggled with doubts.  "I don't want to be doing this, Lord."  "I've had enough of this; these...

Cleaning my room today, I found a note  from an Advent sermon.  I don't know  if it's a quote from somebody famous, or  just ...

This two-minute video has been spreading around Facebook.  I finally watched it.  Maggie caught me crying over it. To direct and defe...

We rarely get enough of what we don't need to make us happy.    (From p. 15 of  A Little Book on Joy   by Matt Harrison.) Littl...

Same ol' long hair pulled back in a ponytail/bun. I like the back! I think the bangs are too short.   (And boy, it's wei...

On those days before Christmas when it was raining, how often did I thankfully say, "At least we don't have to shovel it"? W...

DARE to be Lutheran! Andrew, Philip, and Matthew have a game day.

Do you scan the bookshelves of people you're getting to know?  When you're visiting a friend , do you check out the front of the ...

Zoe quickly became attached to the fireplace.  Three times in a row (Dec 22, 23, 25) when she was here, there was a fire.  When she arrive...

I really like living in LalaLand.  I don't want to notice the degradation of society.  I can't change the world.  So I pretend not t...

And now for something completely different ... I suspect I may be the only one, but I didn't like the movie .  It was definitely an AC...

Gary with his TARDIS mug. Mandy showing off the disappearing/reappearing TARDIS. Dr Who?  Why, Doctor Matt, of course.  Accompan...

Rachel and Alia (early in the day) Zoe borrows an FS hat The fire is captivating! Pirate Paul has a Polly Parrot on his sh...

The English translation of "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come" used to read: ... that Thou dost choose Thine infant bed where hu...

Gary and Zoe Katie and Maggie Mandy and Paul the kids front row:Philip, Maggie, Katie, Mandy, Paul back row:Andrew, Na...

So what does it mean when you go to the grocery store to buy goodies to celebrate the new year, and come home with -- brussels sprouts to r...

Fish fingers and custard. Really, Katie? It's something that Doctor 11 enjoyed. And no, they're not really fish sticks.  They...

So when the rich young ruler comes to Jesus and then goes away sad (Mt 19, Mk 10, Lk 18) and the disciples ask, "Well, who then can be...