Susan's Pendulum

The pretty china.  The beautiful old quilts.  The crystal.  It's silly to hide it in a closet, unused.  But it's uncomfortable to us...

Repentance doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to stop sinning.  Part of repentance is recognizing that the sins I do occu...

Remember when Joseph was thinking about "quietly divorcing" Mary?  He pretty much had two choices : a) accuse her of adultery, or ...

The psalms often mention people trembling before the Lord.  It sounds like shaking-in-your-boots, terrified panic.  I'm pretty sure that...

Story: King Saul orders somebody, anybody, to kill this popular young David fellow.  Prince Jonathan objects.  David escapes.  Jonathan want...

My poor pantry was feeling left out of the cleaning binge .  So it had its own little meltdown.  A beer bottle exploded.  1.  It was insid...

Yesterday was the first day I Should Have Been At Work, but wasn't.  (No, I haven't fully quit yet.  I'm still taking some short...

What does the moon do when he needs a haircut? 'e clips.

I blame Maggie. Today while cutting veggies, we were watching Good Eats .  Eventually Maggie commented on how clean Alton's chill-ches...

A long time ago in a county far, far away we built a model of the solar system. (This was before Pluto was demoted.) Most models of the...

Elizabeth's arrival is the best of the recent events.  But, oh!, I do wish I had the strength and endurance to go help more, visit more,...

Baby Elizabeth arrived a few days ago.  She is so little and so pretty and it's wonderful to hold her!

THIS life.  This life of deciding whether to take a nap or doggedly continue weeding. This life of having overslept and needing to rush to...

The centipedes will gobble up Yukon Gold that sit in the ground too long.  So when we saw the potato vines beginning to yellow, we decided...

I love pearls.  I often wear my "pearl" necklaces to work.  When my sibs and I went through my mom's stuff, I wanted one of he...

We're singing "The Church's One Foundation" this week.  It sure is somethin' to know that my friend Karl is in Ghana, ...

My class consisted of one [count 'em -- one] kid who was not yet ready for confirmation class with the pastor.  So during confirmation c...

I've been making phone calls.  I have an appointment for a haircut. The car has an appointment for maintenance.  I have a clue where ...

Tired, I forced myself to watch a couple of movies last night instead of tackling my to-do list.  Both movies had interesting premises.  Bot...