Susan's Pendulum

One of my jobs in an attempt to create margin has been cleaning out stuff for the flea market.  The sale was today, and it went well.  Hmm...

Those who have abortions are "not willing to sacrifice their comfort or convenience for a child, but they have no problem sacrificing ...

Re-enactment weekend at a nearby park.  From Greek Hoplites to Roman warriors to medieval Scots to fur traders to colonial America to War of...

Story: the raising of Lazarus (John 11) Time: shortly before Holy Week Characters: Jesus and Martha Question:  I am the resurrection and ...

Grievous indeed that I need to have this in an easily accessible place, but what I think matters not. 2014:       April 20          April...

Not hot.  Not cold.  Not humid.  Not dry.  A sweet softness to the air. Picked raspberries to go on the breakfast oatmeal. Ate the first...

God is my refuge. It's all through the psalms.  Refuge.  Rock.  Fortress.  Strength.  And yet, when David wrote those psalms, the...

Poor Solomon.  He's on his soapbox about how it's all useless.  You work your butt off, and then your stuff all goes to the man who ...

So Andrew comes home with a bottle of water.  FIJI Natural Artesian Water.  It was what was available when he needed to buy some bottled wat...

A slight twist on Dory's song: Just keep praying. Just keep praying. Just keep praying praying praying. What do we do?  We pray pray...

Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The cha...

So they played loud music.  Music that I wasn't fond of.  That's not too big a deal. But first impressions?  Boy, when they were c...

Maybe it's the math geek in me.  The part of the story (Gen 18) I always noticed was the countdown.  50?  45?  40?  30?  20?  10?  I ...

Crab, crab, crab.  "It's Catholic to call ordination a sacrament."  (Wait.  Did you read that last sentence correctly?  ...

Look at all the fathers in Sunday's [three-year] Gospel (Luke 11:1-13). "Our Father who art in heaven."  Then comes the pa...

(I didn't watch Seinfeld, but I think that's the line people used about the show.) I found the old Playskool wooden puzzles and br...

A lovely little consignment store recently opened in Sussex.  Framed art.  Furniture.  China.  A few books and rugs and other items.  Good p...

(Notes to remind myself.  Nobody else will want to bother reading.) Low-fat vegan diet for several days: no caffeine, no sugar, no gluten,...

Unlike me, some of you have, well, y'know, taste .  And some of you enjoy looking at decorating magazines.  So I'd like to ask for i...

Again?  We cut into an avocado, expecting to add deliciousness to a sandwich, and it wasn't ripe enough.  Let's get real -- it wasn...