It doesn't take long for hiking muscles to get flabby.I've walked the dogs most mornings, but have had only two longer hikes all season...and those were only lengths of six and eight miles. That is definitely not something to brag about if one is a committed walker. In fact, it smacks strongly of lack of commitment.So tonight I'm packing, and tomorrow I'm heading … [Read more...] about Flabby
Regrets
A few weeks ago the local public radio station dropped its music programing and went to 24-hour news and talk shows. The shift did not make the headlines. In fact, even I, who listen to the station regularly, was only mildly affected those first days. I tried to take the change in stride and sadly acknowledge that not many people listen to classical music on … [Read more...] about Regrets
Bridges
At confirmation camp there is a long, involved activity where the youth are divided up into groups in a large room.Each group is given newspapers, tape and paper towel rolls; with those items they have to build walls that conceal them from the other groups in the room. After wall building is accomplished, then each group must construct bridges between the various groups to … [Read more...] about Bridges
What we can’t see
Camera seeing is not the same as human seeing. On vacation, Rick and I went out along the C&O Canal in Maryland with camera in hand. Rick spotted a night heron perched on a fallen branch sticking out of the green, algae-covered water. The night heron at a distance was a rather unremarkable bird as herons go, identified by its stubby … [Read more...] about What we can’t see
Back to Real Time
For the last number of months I have posted about my thoughts and small adventures on the sabbatical pilgrimage of 2008. The discipline of reworking my journal has given me a good refresher course in what God had been teaching me back then. Four years later the walk from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh along rivers and through mountains while learning the … [Read more...] about Back to Real Time