believing

 Sometimes, after a sermon, someone will say to me, "Jim in that reading today, I'm not sure I believe it's true."

I always shock them by saying, "I''m not sure I believe it either."

The Bible has been edited so much that often it seems like that game "Telephone" where a group of people whisper something to each other and then on to the next person and so on.

What the last person hears isn't even close to what the original saying was.

Just like that.

Wallace Stevens wrote something I always keep in the back of my mind.

Here it is....

"The final belief is to

believe in a fiction,

which you know to be a fiction,

there being nothing else.

The exquisite truth is to know

    that it is a fiction

    and that you believe it it

    willingly."

Try that on and see how it works for you.

 

Old Friends

 I had a phone conversation today with MM, one of my oldest friends.

We went to high school and college together. He was a laugh a minute--or probably 15 seconds.

He was wilder than me--but aren't most people. But we were attached at the hip for all those years.

He reads my blog (bless him!) and wanted to ask about my health.

Things have been popping into my head ever since the call.

Old memories are a treasure.

Thanks MM for stirring my memories.....

A little chill

My office has an air-conditioner and I had to put on long sleeves to keep the chill away.

I'm always colder than Bern.

Tonight with the widows open, I'll wear long-sleeved pajamas.

She'll wear shorts, a tee-shirt and not much cover.

I'm not sure which of us is lucky....

 

Cardio today

 I went to the heart doctor today and met with his physician assistant.

PA's are better to see. They take more time and answer all questions.

She was great.

I was in the exam room with her and Bern and our son, J.

It went well.

She gave me 'water pills' to shrink my ankles and legs.

I start them tomorrow--can't wait. If it gets them down I'll walk a lot better.

She told me that I'd 'pee' a lot.

A doctor wouldn't say 'pee'.

Love those PA's!

A Visit

My son and his--what shall I call her?--"girl-friend"?--are coming to see us today. He and his wife are separated, their 2 twins are off to college in the fall and the youngest (a junior in high school) is shared by both parents.

Seems to be a friendly end to a marriage.

The reason for his coming is to go with us to my cardiologist tomorrow. J. is very out-spoken and critical. I hope he doesn't go for the doctor's throat....

We've never met her and this is a weird time for first impressions since I'm an elderly, foot swollen man with a cane.

We shall see.

I pray it goes well....

 

Waiting for rain

Bern, who is a weather channel junkie, tells me tomorrow will but hot--but with rain!

We really need rain.

Bern mowed the lawn and said that everything was dusty.

When she blew her nose it came out brown!

So, hopefully, tomorrow will bring rain to CT.

At least I'm hoping, if not yet 'praying'....

Praying about weather might not be the right thing to do, considering how many things and people need prayer.

 

Trump's Boy J.E.

 This is sure blowing up!

Trump and dead Epstein have the nation in turmoil.

I have no idea what the truth is.

Truth is not the strong suit of either T or E.

MAGA is shaken to the core.

Trump has no idea how to handle it--nor do any of his staff.

No surprise there!

Sit back and watch it burn....

Enjoy the ride.