The weather here in Calgary was absolutely beautiful today. The past few days it was pretty cold, but when I took the dog for his afternoon walk today lots of people were out and almost no one was wearing a heavy coat. I ended up taking mine off, too, because it was just too warm to wear a coat (though I kept my sweater on.) I looked up the ( Read more... )

This morning as I was waking up, I was thinking of the time in Genesis when Jacob called Leah and Rachel and had told them, "And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked ( Read more... )

I know this happens all the time: we are amazed at how quickly time seems to pass and wonder where it disappeared to. Something that happened six months ago, two years ago, four years ago, or ten years ago... we remember as if it was yesterday ( Read more... )

Part of my new job is walking a really gentle and rather well-behaved dog... a lot. Twice daily, for 30-40 minutes. This is nice as it means that although it's a little chilly outside, I'm definitely getting my exercise, something I wasn't really exercising enough self-discipline to do before ( Read more... )