Quotidian Grace

Hurricane season Bringing angst to weathermen Which Gulf breeze will bring The next Ike, Gustav, Rita? Newspapers, TV Furnish lots of lists ...

QG's Bed and Breakfast re-opened yesterday for our niece, her husband, their three little girls and two dachsies who are STILL without p...

As Houston area employers regain power and resume business, they are finding creative ways of helping their employees return to work. School...

For the benefit of those of you here in the New Covenant presbytery area who can access this (and for anyone else out there interested) here...

Here's a picture of the tree that crashed into our fence, courtesy of IKE. It just missed the roof, the AC unit and the pool equipment. ...

Woof! Woof! Woof! There's a lot of barking required during a hurricane. I have to bark when: the wind blows really loud the big tree fal...

Now that we have power, we can catch up with all the news. Apparently downtown Houston, Sugar Land and Katy are the only areas affected by ...

God be thanked. Our power is now restored, after a scary night. The house is not damaged. We lost part of a back fence to a downed tree and ...

We're still waiting for Ike to show up. The winds are gusty, but that's all. Here's a little quiz. Match the drink with the hunk...

The internet went out for a couple of hours. Not weather related, but frustrating for El Jefe who was trying to work. Beatrice and Olivia ha...

All the patio furniture and plants are sitting in the hall. We have Olivia with us because Portia and DK left Thursday on a long-planned wee...

Your homeowners' insurance company calls to tell you that you are in the path of the storm and give you their phone number so you can ma...

We're distracted from remembering 9/11 today as we prepare to hunker down in advance of Hurricane Ike. It looks like it is headed to Fre...

We don't like Ike .

Yikes! Now they've named one after me . Here's hoping it is not an omen.....

Edouard came onshore earlier and a bit farther east than expected. All we're seeing here in Sugar Land is a light rain, which we despera...

Signs that Tropical Storm Edouard is heading for Houston: Portia's office closed this afternoon and will be closed tomorrow Babs' cl...

Edouard may be coming this way. Here's hoping it stays a Tropical Storm! Battening down the hatches, QG

Thanks for the comments and concern about what turned into Hurricane Humberto. Fortunately for the Houston area, the storm veered east and m...

This little fellow blew up today just off the coast of Galveston and is predicted to hit our area later tonight. We're more concerned ab...