Susan's Pendulum

A full year to recuperate.  That's what the doctors and therapists kept telling me as I progressed speedily in my abilities. "Slow ...

Disturbing to see our former backyard splashed all over this week's news. Two boys were playing in the tree-line on Wednesday.  One wa...

I'm too old and weak for the lumberjack-drill. A few years ago, I trimmed branches overhanging the roof and the power lines.  Gary hel...

WHY am I compelled to tackle these things right now?!  (Or requesting the kids do it?) ~Scrubbing the ceiling-fan blades with a toothbrush...

Planted lettuce yesterday.  It's the wrong time of year to plant lettuce.  I don't think the weather has noticed, though. My apple...

James Davison Hunter, in The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil We say we want a renewal of character in o...

These pictures from the fund-raising auction in February were finally downloaded off the camera.  Rachel, Matt, and Maggie with ...

He made know His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. One perspective of God's ways: God's way is to smash people...

Periwinkle. Simple pattern. Decent and proper. White trim, white shoes, and pearls. I was prepping the pattern, adjusting it to fit M...

The little green roller beckoned to me while I was standing in line last year at the local hardware store.  It promised to make cleaning th...

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , by Susan Cain My friend, Lora , recommended the book Quiet.  The...

I'd heard so many wonderful things about the book .  Even though the author is a pietist , I figured that wasn't reason to write o...

They're telling me stories of things that happened in the hospital -- things I do not remember. They tell me that when the medical sta...

Jesus said, "Come unto Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."  And that rest is that He forgives yo...

A friend asked recently, "So what did you experience when you collapsed from the aneurysm?" Nothing.  Absolutely nothing. The ...

Can't clean.  Too dark to dust or pick up. No electricity for the vacuum. Can't mop or wash; no water. Can't call Mom or Pa...

Forty is the old age of youth. Fifty is the youth of old age. Yes. a French proverb found in Jan Karon's  "A Continual F...

Well, maybe it's not considered plagiarism, seeing as how the Lord wrote the Old Testament.  So if He takes the words from the psalms an...

What do you do with used medical equipment when Grandma or your dad no longer needs a walker or a shower-chair or a Cpap or whatever?  In Wa...

When I was little, we went to "church."  "Going to church" meant Sunday morning or maybe a Wednesday-evening Lenten serv...