i just

feel like writing something since it's been a while and all you who read this probably desire something new.

i also want to talk about the power of sharing a good thing. we never know how the good thought we've received will impact someone else. why not share it? somehow we often don't. it's not as if it's costing us an arm or big toe...it's a thought...words. sometimes it comes in the form of a forward, sometimes a book, sometimes a film. it could be the answer to someone's prayer.

we never know.

that's why i write...

conversations

jasmine, a friend of a friend, returned my call this afternoon. she's a riot! when the conversation ended, i felt as if i'd just been refreshed.

i finally made contact with tanya, after weeks of trying. as usual, we delved into discussions of the sda church, young adults, our angst, our anger, our revolutionary measures. it was good.

my english tutee added me to her messenger list. we chatted online! so fabulous. funny how she's moving from one new language to another.

a friend's experiencing growth, the kind of growth that wasn't requested but has to happen, the kind that makes your skin stretch and your muscles ache, the kind that i wish didn't exist outside of physical growth spurts because heart pain is deeper than any of us can swim. if he didn't know God he'd be a corpse.

i haven't yet talked to God today, like really talked. well, maybe i have. i just have this notion of what "true" communication with God entails. you know, long time spent on bended knee. bible close by.

talking's good. we need each other's ears more than we often know. and sometimes we just need to hear our pain.

writing fever

so much has happened in the last 2 months. now i have a lull for just a couple of weeks. and in these 2 weeks, i have a lot of writing to do. i may get a poem published if the mag likes my revisions. i may finally actually finish my book. i may join the alberta writer's guild. i may, i may, i may...

i may also get to spend more time outside putting the final touches on a little table.

priorities?

learning...slowly

i'm learning slowly but surely, how to be an effective leader.

i'm learning slooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwlyyyyyyyyyyyy.

the flood

so the steps from the garage into the basement decided to give way to water on friday.

by night time, it's cold enough to stop the water flow but by mid-day, water and the basement floor become friends. i guess we'll have to dig down to the foundation and do some serious work. i envision, new shiny stairs...if cement stairs can be shiny.

i don't ever desire to be a house owner. i desire a loft. the only drawback is that i won't be able to do any landscaping...the only fun part of having a house house, in my humble estimation.