History of fasting.

Thirty six hour fasting is familiar. In 2018 and 2019 I do not recall fasting. This April I am on my second fast.

I found one of many journals where I had documented over twenty fasts.

It is mostly a mental exercise. Chewing a portion of a stick of gum or drinking a can of seltizer could be called cheating. Breaking of the fast is key to capture the small weight loss.

Why fast? For me it is to empty my stomach and to dig into stored energy.

Walking notes 2006

Hip and knee twinges were my signal to stop jogging and walk instead.

Now my habit is to walk every day. Toes, ankles and knee feels fine as long as I don't overdo. I am missing the lung and heart exercise.

Waiting on mild spring temperatures.

I recall wondering when April temperatures would increase. With thirty years of temperature data in hand I should know better. April temperatures are closer to fifties not sixties. Colder not warmer.

This is Easter Sunday. We will worship at home.

It has been weeks now and our churches and our nation have all sheltered at home. A tiny invader lurks. We are thankful for a servant of the people. However this servant is not one but thousands. Correct, the true servant is hundreds of thousands most of whom do not speak.  They do. Repeating, almost all are for the most part silent. If they are talking or talking and rambling they are not of Jimmy Carter's stature.

I'm sorry for rambling as above. Thank you to all our real servants of the people.

Nurses gowned up within inches of the invader. Nurses sad, silent and servants.

Yesterday morning near 7 AM I asked a young man running check out if he would have a long day. His response he would be working for the next eleven hours. Servants do the task.

Page Writing and Poems - A Collection

The proof of my book is in the mail back to the publisher. Self published so edited only over years or weeks for recent pages. My book is slim.

Primary audience as I wrote was siblings and people who know me. A number of the pages more or less wrote themselves.  I did not include a story of Kathy's keys jumping onto a peony bush.  As I prepared to phone a lady who prayed I retraced Kathy's steps. Just thinking about prayer resulted in an answer.

AMEN and AMEN

New day, new week, new month

Today we jumped to the next month. When the next month jump happens we pray the curve has leveled. Huge numbers are worked to the bone. Sadly another group want to work but cannot.

No conclusion, no pithy ending just observation and prayers.