At long last, an update. In the last (say) two months:
- I learned that I am being laid off.
- I deleted my second X (formerly Twitter) account, so I am now out of that particular world. “Twitter isn’t real life” they used to say, but I do miss the handful of folks I personally followed and appreciated, and hope to continue to follow them as I can, online or off.
- Our children were baptized—the girls on 26th May (Trinity Sunday), the boy on 23rd June (yesterday).
- We continued to harbor a deep-seated lack of need to have all of our Christian friends share a denomination, tradition, or set of beliefs, even though we’re happy to talk about the issues.
- I started looking at freelance writing, which is something that I have wanted to try for years but that always seemed too risky; at the moment, I have nothing else lined up for work, and “nothing” seems riskier than even freelance writing.
- Through the kindness of local (and non-local) family, Lily and I went to see the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. No, I still have not read the books. Yes, I do intend to (some day).
- The newest little one reached the 27-week mark. (She does have a name, but perhaps old-fashionedly we’d like to announce it after not before her birth.)
- The idea occurred to me of giving up my dream, and settling for never quite making anything as I’ve wanted to for most of my life.
I have also fallen sadly behind in my Bible reading plan. I must work on that. I also want to work on talking (that is to say, texting) less. But I may try to blog a little more often…
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