I have recounted here before that
I listen to a lot of books on CD because I spend a good deal of time commuting
to my Adjunct job.
The other day I stopped at the
library to find something new. I just finished listening to Enduring Courage - Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of
Speed by John Ross. Who knew Rickenbacker
was a native of Columbus Ohio?
A title caught my eye: a thriller
called The Third Secret by Steve
Berry; the background being our Lady’s appearances at Fatima. I mentioned it
when I got home, being in the middle of the first chapter.
Two of my kids immediately told
me I already listened to this one. I said “No way, I don’t remember it at all.”
Both of them immediately looked
it up on this blog (April 23, 2015), one of them immediately quoting my
concluding evaluation at the time: I can't believe I wasted my time with such
rubbish!
I guess they do pay attention!
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I fear the lack of rain has
demolished our sweet corn this year. Rain (that didn’t come) last week may have
saved it, but now I think it is too late. We will get some, but very few ears
will be flush.
You can’t go by the weather
station to evaluate the amount of rain we get at our little corner. Wednesday
for example we were coming home from an excursion at the beach. It started
raining about 60 miles from home – sometimes a downpour. Even 8-10 miles from
home they had received substantial rainfall. We received not a drop.
This happened last week to,
except the rain was even closer.
I have repeatedly seen in past
years dark clouds pass over us and the adjacent field only to let go over the
river ¼ mile away.
I was starting to fear even for
my patti pan squash and cucumbers. But a little rain last night and (hopefully)
some today may give us enough moisture to survive.
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I am also reading Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a
Man's Soul by John Eldredge. About ½
way through, I am sure I will have something to say about it when I am
finished. So far it is very interesting, but his conclusions may bring insight
into his initial analyses.
Oremus pro invicem!
