Old family bible,

worn pages, torn cover, but -

         Duck tape makes it new!

 

It was/is my dad's old leather-bound RSV, probably 70+ years old. And it's not like the pages were all coming out or messed up - just the front cover had come off. Still, I had to take a moment of remembrance before I slapped a piece of silver tape on it!

Walk around the lake, (1)
rest time, stir-fry for supper -
      kayak(2)? Nope, tired! (3)

(1) 3 1/2 hours
(2) swimming, boating, walking....
(3) we'll see - maybe after supper.

I know, really lame - hey, it's Labor Day. I'll try to get back in better form tomorrow.

 God, I'm confused.
Jesus said if 2 of us agree
it would happen - but it hasn't.
Either Jesus mis-spoke,
or Matthew mis-heard,
or I mis-understood.
Thinking about it all,
I am sure there have been many things I have said
that haven't been clear
or haven't been really meant.
Let this month/week/day be the beginning of months/weeks/days between us
as we try afresh to speak and hear and understand.

Sunlight through the trees
sinking to the horizon -
      peacefulness descends.

Hey they can't all be profound - some of them are just 17 syllables!

Wet brown leaves on ground,

Green ferns spreading over all -

        fairy wedding tent? 

Baked, frosted a cake,

two hour audiobook -

       slow day in Chaz world. 

Pink orange sky, blue lake 

the sound of children splashing -

      walk to the lighthouse.