We are closing in on the end of February, and the local temperature is consistently above 0 Celcius by mid day! Not a typical prairie winter, and a bit unnerving. I keep wondering what the weather will be like in April, when it should be spring. One impact of global warming appears to be the distorting of typical weather patterns. I hear people celebrating our current balmy weather, but as one who consistently sees the glass half empty, I keep thinking of the long term outcome of these changes.
February has been a scrambled month so far. Earlier in February, I had some surgery and was in hospital for two and a half days. I wonder how serious the surgery would have to be to keep you in hospital for a week, or two weeks? A few years back, when I had a triple bypass and a valve replacement, I was hospitalized for less than a week! I fantasize at times about drive-through surgery coming in a decade or two!
I have been fussing about my inaction. Post surgery, I am barred from the swimming pool for a month by my surgeon. Strenuous exercise is off the table until mid-March! I'm finding this difficult, as exercise is a mainstay of my life. I'd like some involvement in the community, but feel my lack of energy interfering with that desire. I need to look at options more diligently. I feel like I have something to offer, but don't have the energy for much.
For the last month or so I've been reading fiction. Mostly Ian Rankin and Jo Nesbo, light but interesting stuff. I'm waiting for more Rankin to arrive by mail, but also a new theological book. Perhaps I'll get back into some kind of a groove if I real John B. Cobb for awhile. It's called "Talking about God…" and I'm looking for it to provide some ammo to deal with the current rage of so-called "progressive theology," which sounds bit like the 70's stuff about God being dead. The more things change, the more they become the same…
February has been a scrambled month so far. Earlier in February, I had some surgery and was in hospital for two and a half days. I wonder how serious the surgery would have to be to keep you in hospital for a week, or two weeks? A few years back, when I had a triple bypass and a valve replacement, I was hospitalized for less than a week! I fantasize at times about drive-through surgery coming in a decade or two!
I have been fussing about my inaction. Post surgery, I am barred from the swimming pool for a month by my surgeon. Strenuous exercise is off the table until mid-March! I'm finding this difficult, as exercise is a mainstay of my life. I'd like some involvement in the community, but feel my lack of energy interfering with that desire. I need to look at options more diligently. I feel like I have something to offer, but don't have the energy for much.
For the last month or so I've been reading fiction. Mostly Ian Rankin and Jo Nesbo, light but interesting stuff. I'm waiting for more Rankin to arrive by mail, but also a new theological book. Perhaps I'll get back into some kind of a groove if I real John B. Cobb for awhile. It's called "Talking about God…" and I'm looking for it to provide some ammo to deal with the current rage of so-called "progressive theology," which sounds bit like the 70's stuff about God being dead. The more things change, the more they become the same…
