Odds and Ends
Valentine's Day 2010 began beautifully. In Sunday school we learned about Abraham's sin before Pharaoh from Genesis 12, as we go through Genesis. In church, we learned about God's love for us. In whom do we put our trust? It made me take stock of myself. I have times when doubt comes, and foolishly, I fail to trust my loving Saviour to meet my need.
In the afternoon, Matt, Francine, Ethan, and Luna came for a little visit. It's always fun to see the grandchildren. I read to Luna, played shoot-em up with Ethan, and watched as Aunt Jayne played a board game with Ethan. I also worked on school things.
All in all a blessed day. I have written on my novel too, but I'm stuck on what I want a certain character to do. If those of you who follow this blog would pray about that with me, I would appreciate it. As to what I am reading right now, other than the Bible, of course, it's James Rosen's The Strong Man. It's about John Mitchell in Nixon's administration. Right now, I'm learning about Bill Ayers and the Days of Rage. Terrible times to live through in the 60's. I remember one semester at Arizona State in 69. Students were protesting and in some states rioting over the Vietnam War. They tried to shut down classes at ASU, and I had to get to a semantics class for a test. The professor knew about the coming protest, and he said anyone not showing up would fail. I had no desire to protest the war. I knew young men fighting in it, and it would be like betraying them. I wanted to get to class, but the protesters blocked the way. I got to class after crawling through some students legs ( I was small in those days), and with the help of a football player, got through the door. Those were not pleasant times to be on campus. This is the same Bill Ayers who helped our current president. Interesting reading.
I hope to learn how to post pictures soon. I want to talk about knitting socks. I love knitting, and I'm learning to knit socks, and wow, do I love this. You can take a sock easily with you in a purse. The other evening we went to a concert, and I before it started and during intermission, I pulled out the sock and began knitting. You don't have to carry a pattern with you. It's wonderful! I would like to show pictures of how it's coming along.
Tomorrow night I hope to post a recipe from my hometown of Brock, Nebraska, population 168 give or take a few. A lovely village in beautiful country. The recipe is Butterfinger dessert. Yummy.
In the afternoon, Matt, Francine, Ethan, and Luna came for a little visit. It's always fun to see the grandchildren. I read to Luna, played shoot-em up with Ethan, and watched as Aunt Jayne played a board game with Ethan. I also worked on school things.
All in all a blessed day. I have written on my novel too, but I'm stuck on what I want a certain character to do. If those of you who follow this blog would pray about that with me, I would appreciate it. As to what I am reading right now, other than the Bible, of course, it's James Rosen's The Strong Man. It's about John Mitchell in Nixon's administration. Right now, I'm learning about Bill Ayers and the Days of Rage. Terrible times to live through in the 60's. I remember one semester at Arizona State in 69. Students were protesting and in some states rioting over the Vietnam War. They tried to shut down classes at ASU, and I had to get to a semantics class for a test. The professor knew about the coming protest, and he said anyone not showing up would fail. I had no desire to protest the war. I knew young men fighting in it, and it would be like betraying them. I wanted to get to class, but the protesters blocked the way. I got to class after crawling through some students legs ( I was small in those days), and with the help of a football player, got through the door. Those were not pleasant times to be on campus. This is the same Bill Ayers who helped our current president. Interesting reading.
I hope to learn how to post pictures soon. I want to talk about knitting socks. I love knitting, and I'm learning to knit socks, and wow, do I love this. You can take a sock easily with you in a purse. The other evening we went to a concert, and I before it started and during intermission, I pulled out the sock and began knitting. You don't have to carry a pattern with you. It's wonderful! I would like to show pictures of how it's coming along.
Tomorrow night I hope to post a recipe from my hometown of Brock, Nebraska, population 168 give or take a few. A lovely village in beautiful country. The recipe is Butterfinger dessert. Yummy.
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