Archive for May, 2007
30 May 2007 | 09:22 AM
There and Back Again
~~~Day’?s Verse:My lover has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices,to browse the gardens and to gather lilies.I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he browses among the lilies.Song of Solomon 6:2-3~~~ My amazing husband has made a Google Map of the routes we took over the weekend. It covers [...]
29 May 2007 | 04:43 PM
Driving Massachusetts
~~~Day’?s Verse:Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall…Isaiah 40:30 (context)~~~ Ian’s parents are in town. They flew in on Thursday, just in time to catch our record-hot Friday temperatures (somewhere in the mid-90° range). When they travel they like to do things, so starting Saturday, we did things: Saturday: RockportWe drove [...]
25 May 2007 | 12:43 PM
Glad I’?m Not a Guy
~~~Day’?s Verse:The race is not to the swiftor the battle to the strong,nor does food come to the wiseor wealth to the brilliantor favor to the learned;but time and chance happen to them all.Ecclesiastes 9:11~~~ In some spare time at work, I looked up bicycling overuse injuries just for giggles this afternoon, and came across [...]
23 May 2007 | 09:16 AM
23 on the 23rd
~~~Day’?s Verse:“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.”Jeremiah 29:11-12~~~ Today we celebrate the fact that [...]
22 May 2007 | 01:29 PM
The Dinosaurs are Running Wild
~~~Day’?s Verse:Who is like the wise man?Who knows the explanation of things?Wisdom brightens a man’s face and changes its hard appearance.~~~ I recently started reading Jurassic Park again, and I just got to the part where Ian Malcolm gets bitten by the Tyrannosaurs rex. They also just realized that instead of eight velociraptors, they have [...]
19 May 2007 | 02:13 PM
One Last Bike to Work Day Post
~~~Day’?s Verse:“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.”James 3:17-18~~~ If Bike to Work Day met with little enthusiasm here in Massachusetts, at least it proved successful Seattle, [...]
18 May 2007 | 11:00 AM
Never Look Gift Chocolate in the Mouth
~~~Day’?s Verse:Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!Philippians 4:4~~~ In an evil twist of fate, the weather conspired to be so awful that even I prepared to bike to work with reluctance. The temperature, in the 80s earlier this week, dropped to 45°, accompanied by a steady, soaking, and utterly dismal [...]
