Man, it sure is Monday.

Details It's tempting to read this week's reading from the Gospel of John combined with last week's reading as a theological treatise on the nature of the Trinity and humanity's relationship with the divine. It sometimes seems like it we just tease out the meanings of small words like "is" and…

Here's a plan: I'm painting next week still on paper, but after that, I'm going to try fabric. This is NOT the recommended surface for watercolours. I'm going to do it anyway. I have ordered 4 different fabrics from my local fabric store to experiment with.

The server at my shawarma place has just pulled out a viola and is jamming with someone who appears to be a customer playing the piano.

Anyone read the new Tillicum Burnside plan from Saanich? Thoughts? How angry are the Save Our Saanich folks? I'm excited about the possibility of Burnside getting the complete streets treatment, but sounds like it's not going to be soon. #yyjbike

Depends on your definition of the internet. I answered the Kidlink questions sometime between 1992 and 1995.

Next task: yard work! Here I have cut the grass and also done my regular ivy control routine.

More Jesus expects his followers to accomplish more than he has, perhaps because he expects them to have more time. This piece of teaching is from before the crucifixion, but we're reading it here looking forward instead to his ascension. He's about to leave. The original intention may have been…

Today's task: Pick a colour for our new roof. www.cmetals.com/colors-canad...

Ok. Time to put down the tedious unsatisfying work project and attempt the complicated time limited work project

Time for painting at swimming lessons

It's time for my twice yearly reminder about why exactly I should not go into politics.

Most of these end up being retail kinds of businesses and... No. Absolutely not. If I can afford to lose (a lot of) money, I'm creating the small town newspaper for fragmented communities. (Facebook filled this role for a while, but hasn't bothered recently) (Oops, all discourse)

Oops. My doctor retired so now I have made an appointment with someone new.😬

Supper

It's the time of year where I pick invasive Spanish bluebells and put them in a vase on my kitchen table

Time for experimental cooking.

Repairing things was on my list of things to do today. I don't expect it works be the trampoline.

Gate I grew up on a dairy farm. We had milking cows, dry stock, and a variety of young animals housed in a variety of pens and fenced pastures. Do you know who went in by other routes than the gate? Everyone. Or at least everyone that wasn't a bovine. You're thinking about opening the gate to go…

Last night on the way too knitting I was nearly hit by a coach bus that failed to yield when turning right across the protected bike lane on Government. More war on cars please. #yyjbike

I too had my teeth massaged today.

I heard Saanich is putting in a protected bike lane on a short section of Harriet/Boleskine. Any thoughts on when Victoria might do their section? #yyjbike That would be a nice connection to make.

Oops. I read the comments.

Man reading the news and loudly ranting about every story in my lunch place. Time to go back to work!

Why waste shelf space on something almost no one wants to buy?

It's Hugo nomination day! Time to load up my library hold list! www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/ @laworldcon.bsky.social

When Peace Like A River (It Is Well With My Soul) Great is Thy Faithfulness At least one Genevan Psalm. 121 or 27, but no one really knows those tunes so maybe get a soloist.

@spindlypete.bsky.social My 9 year old has now demanded facts about the Stumptown Scud. I blame you.

I have pulled half a trash bag of Spanish Bluebell out of my yard. It barely made a dent on the Spanish Bluebell that remains.

Who? According to Luke, this afternoon encounter on the road is the first appearance of the risen Christ. The women and Peter both visited the tomb early this morning and found it empty. The women had an angelic encounter, but no one has seen Jesus yet. This pair is walking to Emmaus, a journey of…

Time to do my taxes! Yay!

Soup

Editing a slide deck for an executive briefing I find myself removing words and simplifying sentences. This feels like composing a skeet.

Painting. At the swimming pool.

At my workplace there's a security guard who sits at a desk near the entrance with the security camera feeds. After 5pm the building gets quiet and he often listens to music. Last week when I left work he was listening to "Every breath you take"

Hmm... Electrical plan?

Joy The Epistle reading this week speaks to people persisting in hope and joy because of Christ's resurrection in be spite of not being personal witnesses to the resurrection. The grief that they've experienced is explained as an opportunity to demonstrate their faith by continuing through trial.…

I need to put the trail-a-bike up for sale, the orgs are too big for it and it's just cluttering up the shed. But before I can do that I need to get the hitch for it off of my bike. But before I can do that I need to get my seat post unseized.

Time to write my MP again! Ugh.

I have spent the morning repairing a *different* backpack for use by the Glorg. At least they told me in advance this time.

Dang it! Spring swimming lessons just started!

Summer camp scramble (part 1) accomplished.

Soup for lunch!

I could finish this basement renovation task this evening, but my brain is already buzzing.

Appears In the Gospel according to Matthew the only people Jesus appears to in Jerusalem after his resurrection are the women. They're given a message to tell the rest of the disciples to go meet Jesus in Galilee. In the end, this big thing, so central to the Christian faith happens away from…

Assorted Errands accomplished. Now what? More puttering in the basement? Or sitting in the sun with a book?

Horrible stretches accomplished once again. These suck. I should get a gold star for doing them.

Last night I was tired and skipped my excruciating stretches. Today my shoulder feels worse. Coincidence?

Empire We're reading the Palm Sunday narrative from Matthew this year, and later this week we'll read the Passion narrative. Sometime in the next week the question will come up: why did Jesus die? Whose fault was it? This is the wrong question, but you know it will be asked. From the Palm Sunday…

Does anyone understand what weather conditions trigger this? It always seems to be random and unrelated to the weather conditions out my window.