I had plans to blog this weekend. I really did. But I am fighting illness, and my plans have been shelved. Maybe later this week!

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Today, I honored the presidents by:
sleeping in
returning bottles and cans ($12.65!)
running
and taking more pictures.

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Alan dropped lots of hints for me to try something for him, and I finally got around to it tonight.
Cameras can’t capture light like our eyes can; film or pixels have a narrower range for light and dark. So, when you look at a sunset, you see the beautiful colors in the sky AND [...]

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We’re having a stunningly beautiful day today. I grabbed the camera and played with the new close-up toys, the extension tubes.

You can see a few more, if interested, at my Flickr stream.

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I got tagged by Michael!
The rules of this meme are as follows:
1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating!
2. Find page 123
3. Find the first 5 sentences
4. Post the next 3 sentences
5. Tag 5 people
The nearest book to me is a toss up between the bible and “Christianity for the [...]

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Well, gang, I did real good there for awhile, didn’t I? The commitment to Barclay Press helped me blog more, and it carried over for a good 2 or 3 days. It’s tough finding time to blog.
A week ago Sunday, I had an interesting experience preparing for worship. On Friday, my leading was to deviate [...]

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It seems like the campaign for president has been going on forever. Today, I finally made up my mind. I decided I’m ready for a woman president. I’m not even bothered that this means she would follow her husband in that role. She is bright, articulate, and a lawyer in her own right.
But I [...]

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Go. See. U23D!!!!
Do not pass go, do not collect $200. If you can’t go tomorrow, go during the Super Bowl. Just go.
Layers upon layers of immersive, perfected bliss. Poignant, powerful songs. Unmatched musicianship. Bono is a passionate performer without peer. Multi-layered message, conveyed beautifully, sonically, visually, spatially, dramatically, technically. I’ve not been a U2 groupie [...]

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