Quotidian Grace

All indications are that Baby G will make his appearance in the next couple of days. Woo-hoo! We're all ready for him.

A reminder to all the friends and family of our dear friend now in hospice care--and to me-- as we engage in watchful, prayerful waiting: Fo...

This weekend our good friends and neighbors St. Betty and The Old Marine had to make the difficult decision to move their oldest daughter to...

The Accidental Anglican: The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church by Todd D. Hunter has been on my "book reviews in progress...

At 512 pages, Bill Bryson's At Home is not really the "short history of private life" promised in the subtitle. After wrestli...

Woof! Beatrice here. Last night QG and I watched the Westminster Dog Show whilst El Jefe was otherwise engaged in watching some game with...

Heartstone is the latest novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series by C.J.Sansom.  I was so eager to read it that I didn't w...

In yet another sign of the impending Apocalypse, QG is astounded to learn that someone is actually making and selling " Pajama Jeans ...

Literary historians have lamented the fact that many of the most personal letters of Emily Dickinson were destroyed by her family after her ...

          (Photo by Dwayne Bailey--hope you don't mind my copying it!) You see above the most important thing that happened at Saturday...

After spending some time studying the proposed New Form of Government for the PCUSA that we will be voting on this Saturday in Presbytery of...

One of Averill's* design blogging buddies has started a new digital magazine, High Gloss . She asked Averill to write an interview with ...

When I agreed to review an advance copy of Unprotected Texts by Jennifer Wright Knust as part of a TLC Book Tour, I was struck by the sugges...

Portia had some of the precious aqua blue alphabet fabric left over from the bedskirt she made for our expected grandson's crib. After ...

The Wolves of Andover is the prequel to The Heretic's Daughter , which is a novel about the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusett...

I haven't played the RevGals Friday Five in quite a while, but today's meme is about books, so here goes: 1. What books have you re...

Our own Diva was pictured in the Houston Chronicle this morning singing an aria from Dead Man Walking , the opera that will open shortly at ...

It's taken me a month to finish reading Ron Chernow's highly acclaimed (and rightfully so) new biography of George Washington. This ...

Averill posted a "bump shot" on her blog today, showing her progress at 32+ weeks.  Here it is. Doesn't she look fabulous? N...