Into the Woods

I spent the entire weekend at La Foret, a UCC-supported retreat out in the Black Forest just west of Colorado Springs. It was an all-family retreat, so it included nearly anyone wanted to go, and was headed by Luke, our new pastor.

The Graff-Fryes also did a lot of the organization for the camp, including the schedule, content, and running the show. It was a very nice weekend, though the cabin beds, as usual, left a little to be desired so far as comfort was concerned. I really enjoyed lots of small aspects for the entire trip, not the least of which was sleeping the entire way there and the entire way back. *laughs*

( Lots of lovely little details of how things went. )

Into the Woods

I spent the entire weekend at La Foret, a UCC-supported retreat out in the Black Forest just west of Colorado Springs. It was an all-family retreat, so it included nearly anyone wanted to go, and was headed by Luke, our new pastor.

The Graff-Fryes also did a lot of the organization for the camp, including the schedule, content, and running the show. It was a very nice weekend, though the cabin beds, as usual, left a little to be desired so far as comfort was concerned. I really enjoyed lots of small aspects for the entire trip, not the least of which was sleeping the entire way there and the entire way back. *laughs*

( Lots of lovely little details of how things went. )

Charter for Compassion -- Karen Armstrong at TED

It's amazing...

After she walked away from her convent, Karen thought she was utterly quit of religion for the rest of her life. Now she's working on making all religions more compassionate.

Charter for Compassion -- Karen Armstrong at TED

It's amazing...

After she walked away from her convent, Karen thought she was utterly quit of religion for the rest of her life. Now she's working on making all religions more compassionate.

In the short form....

... is the one-page (only 4 paragraphs) Charter for Compassion, which is available in 30 different languages.

In the short form....

... is the one-page (only 4 paragraphs) Charter for Compassion, which is available in 30 different languages.

Puttering About

My hands have been a real mess this past week. It's been a combination of things, but I've really broken out the dictation software and found that I can make it do what I really wanted to do.

It also helps to change the workload. I've been doing far too many of the Facebook games, and it's really the mouse work that's been messing up the tendons on the backs of my wrists. It didn't help that I was also working on the CaféPress store, chatting in text rather than audio, playing Bejeweled Blitz, and writing the odd 3000 words in one day with Allie.

( So I've been taking a little time off. )

Puttering About

My hands have been a real mess this past week. It's been a combination of things, but I've really broken out the dictation software and found that I can make it do what I really wanted to do.

It also helps to change the workload. I've been doing far too many of the Facebook games, and it's really the mouse work that's been messing up the tendons on the backs of my wrists. It didn't help that I was also working on the CaféPress store, chatting in text rather than audio, playing Bejeweled Blitz, and writing the odd 3000 words in one day with Allie.

( So I've been taking a little time off. )