Susan's Pendulum

My brain changed.  Gary and I have noticed that, since my brain injury, I've been less emotional.  I don't cry anymore.  Well, let...

"The glory of God's undying love" didn't die ... even when He did.  John 3:6  -- "That which is born of the flesh...

How to Respond to Eastern Religions -- finished Jan 7 Crunchy Cons, by Dreher -- finished Jan 13 Holy Housewifery -- finished Jan 17 Wi...

The last day of school at church is a short day.  Nearly all of it is spent with chapel, Catechism Olympics, and closing prayer.  I can...

My favorite sympathy card arrived today.  I had the biggest, silliest grin on my face as I read it.  There was nothing silly about the card,...

"Forgive the shooter."  Those were the final words of the man who was shot in a murder spree a couple of weeks ago.  Charlie Sy...

This morning I purchased postage stamps.  The artwork is exemplary.  Half the sheet is full of quotes and history-tidbits.  And nobody wil...

I never noticed how those two verses work in tandem. John tells us (1 John 3) If our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and...

A 2014 movie set in the 1700s in British society.  Rated PG.  A biracial girl is being raised by her dad's uncle and aunt.  Who is preju...

My mom died last weekend.  It so happened to be exactly 25 years after the death of my goddaughter.  Funeral and burial were this week. ...

A friend of mine does gorgeous wood-working.  He's been turning his hobby into a small business.  Look at some of the things he's ma...

Things continued to go downhill for my mom .  Two weeks after her fall, there was a precipitous decline, but somehow she managed to live thr...

The doctor has been telling me all along, "You're still healing.  You have to give yourself a full year." Okay.  It's be...

When a frail woman's walker meets a snag on the parking lot, at the same time a gust of wind pushes at her, the results are not happy.  ...

Strawberry bed is under control.  It did not receive necessary attention last summer, so it was thinned-with-a-vengeance in the last couple ...

Menards, on the first lovely, warm, springy weekend-day after a long Wisconsin winter rivals the parking lot of a Walmart on the Saturda...

Mark the sacrifice appointed, see who bears the awful load. 'Tis the Word, the Lord's anointed, Son of Man and Son of God. Pa...

Peter swore up and down that he wouldn't deny Jesus.  Jesus said he would. From our vantage point, we see the story unfold.  We see t...

No matter how much vacuuming and dusting we do, it's never done.  One of the cats is shedding abominably.  I keep wishing I were heartle...

Hey, did you hear about the postman who planned an overseas trip with his wife?  He proudly announced to his friends that he was going to Sp...