October midway

When I'm home alone, the house is a mess.  I'm home alone, and in one day I've made a huge mess.

Diaconate diaconate, elderland

There was a real prayer for clarity offered for me today.  It was a hard meeting with the district superintendent.  It was hard because there was so much to acknowledge in such a small amount of time.  But he said the word clarity in praying for me.

About once every few days I wish I had taken that job in Alaska. 

Warning against greed

It's late.  That's 11:17.  But for a 5:15 wake up, it's late.

We are in a house now, with a view of the river.  There's a yard with two garden spots.  Tomatoes, squash vines, basil, rosemary, sage, tarragon and whatever else is here, moved in pots from an apartment that could provide just enough light.

Sunday's Gospel reading is Luke 12:13-21

¹³ Someone from the crowd said to him, “ Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ Jesus said to him, “Man, who appointed me as judge or referee between you and your brother? ”

¹⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourself against all kinds of greed. After all, one’s life isn’t determined by one’s possessions, even when someone is very wealthy. ” ¹⁶ Then he told them a parable: “A certain rich man’s land produced a bountiful crop. ¹⁷ He said to himself, What will I do? I have no place to store my harvest! ¹⁸ Then he thought, Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. That’s where I’ll store all my grain and goods. ¹⁹ I’ll say to myself, You have stored up plenty of goods, enough for several years. Take it easy! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself. ²⁰ But God said to him, ‘Fool, tonight you will die. Now who will get the things you have prepared for yourself?’ ²¹ This is the way it will be for those who hoard things for themselves and aren’t rich toward God. ” 

It has been four weeks of no free time.  

I have an anatomy and physiology test on Tuesday; brains, spinal cord, nerves, smell, sight, taste, meninges, vestibules, nerves, hearing.  You can put a tube in the ear drum and it won't affect your hearing.  Your vibrations will be just as strong.  

The human body is a miracle.  

We spent two-and-a-half days at Kingdom Trails in East Burke, VT.  My mountain biking has improved quite a bit, so I rode all the trails that David rode.  But I like going medium pace, so he rode ahead and waited for me at the trail end.

We camped in a lean-to, which I had never done before.  What a thing!  No worries about the rain one bit.  We could have used some of these on the bike tour, particularly in Michigan, where it rained terribly all the time.
 

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2, a photo by No Dead Pedestrians on Flickr.

may 17-18

• Hill climbing is easier for me now
• People are visiting New Haven
• Alaska, and all the trouble and adventure that it could offer
• church service at the VFW tomorrow
• cleaning out books I no longer need and giving them to the lending library that we're starting at the church
• getting ready for the brief CO Great Divide tour with Noah

The tomato sprouts are finally developing their true leaves, as are the red kale sprouts.  The purple tomatillos are behind them.  The bell peppers are strong, but they haven't given much more than cotyledons.

I set up two raised beds at the church.  The Towles donated the soil. 

Fresh almonds at Romeo's

This Floridian is intrigued.

Fran displays the jelly innards

4-5-6-May-2013

Rode a century with a friend, Mark, to the Massachusetts state line and back.  Actually, 110 miles

Rode to N. Egremont and then to the edge of Hillsdale, NY after church on Sunday

Rode up and over Mount Washington, taking forever on the freshly opened dirt rodes

It was so beautiful

Ardys visited while I had office hours.  She is one cool 91-year-old.

The trees came down in the church backyard

Slept at the Fransons'.  We had a Cinco de Mayo party (sorta) and ate chocolate mousse made from avocados. It was delicious.

First new

My grandmother, age 93, recommends writing down a little note every day to help remember life.  "just little something to jog your memory."

Today I planted pansies around the church light pole. The church needs to show the town it cares about its space.

I also buried (semi-guerrilla style) wildflower seed around the church.

Update

There are 512 unpublished posts. There you have it.