Boy it hurts!

 Wednesday I tripped and fell on my left side in our TV room.

I hit my left wrist and it bled overnight but was fine the next morning.

But I hit my left side and today went to Urgent Care and discovered I had fractured a rib.

Boy it hurts!

I have patches for it and will take Aleve and be better they tell me in 2 or 3 weeks.

Great! Two or three weeks of pain.

When I'm sitting--like now--it doesn't hurt.

But movement hurts.

And I'm walking with a cane to cushion my left side.

Ah, Well--I'm getting old. Things happen.

DNC

Great first day--but they have to control the time more!

Biden wasn't on until I'd been asleep for two hours.

Hope tonight goes better.

I want to go to bed and not wait for it to end.

Want to hear Barack Obama though....

 

Such Rain

It rained so hard this morning  that I was sorry to be driving to Trinity Church in Milton.

By the time I got onto I-84 and Route 8 and then 254 my wipers were on full speed and I still couldn't see well.

It usually takes me 30 minutes--today it took 45.

The drive home was no better.

And going to Big Y at 5'30 and back was no better.

Rain, Rain, go away....

And still it rains.

Getting Brigit to go out tonight will be a challenge.

Alas and alack.

 

 

what we want

 ...is not what we get.

I want world peace--and two horrible wars are going on.

I want a stable democratic nation--and Donald Trump is running for President.

I want a world worth living in--and climate change is making that more and more difficult.

I want a lot I can't have.

That's just the beginning of the list....

Brigit

Our dog, Brigit, chases stuff in our back yard.

She chases squirrels, rabbits and a ground-hog or two.

I like that.

She never catches them and does no damage but I think she makes them think twice about coming in our yard.

But she's started chasing birds as well.

I don't like that.

I love birds and want them in our yard.

Birds are off limits, Brigit!

 

no church tomorrow

 My contract only allows me to do 3 Sundays a month at Trinity. Milton.

Tomorrow is my Sunday off this month.

I jokingly said at a Wednesday Bible Study at Trinity that "I keep working even though retired because if I wasn't celebrating I wouldn't go to church."

People laughed.

But I long ago realized that jokes are often ways to tell an uncomfortable truth.

That's what that one is.

On my Sundays off I either take a supply job or don't go to church.

I'm a priest, not a church-goer.

That may sound like a contradiction.

But for me, it's true.

I love church when I'm preaching and celebrating.

Otherwise, not so much.

Alas....

Kamala did good

The Governor of Minn., Tim Walz was a great choice for VP!

He's who came up with 'weird' for the Trump/Vance ticket.

And they are.

Plus he's military, a teacher and a coach, served in the House and brought his state into the 21st Century on abortion and many other things.

Way to go, soon to be President Harris....