Web Log
I don't think I much like blogs of the kind I'm about to write. It will resemble a log more than a journal or any other more thoughtful writing.
On Mar. 1, Hiromi and I went to Wichita for the weekend. We took in an event at the Hyatt: A Weekend to Remember. It was a marriage enrichment event presented by Family Life. I recommend the experience. Joel and Hilda had given it to us as a Christmas gift. We stayed at the Hyatt and ate in the dining room there the entire time except going and coming, when we ate at Asian buffets. No bedbug worries either. That was good. The hostess at the Hyatt restaurant was a Sterling College grad who was there at the same time I was. I didn't recognize her until she said her maiden name. What fun!
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The following week we had meetings at church with Johnny Miller speaking. I thoroughly enjoyed those evenings, although I have less appreciation for the hectic schedule such meetings necessitate. Johnny spoke at school on Friday. No one moved while he spoke. (Only a slight exaggeration.)
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At the end of last week my sister Carol from Shawnee, KS and my sister Dorcas and her family from NC came for a week-long visit. Carol attended the all-day Gathering for Gardeners with me in Hutchinson on Saturday.
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They were all here for supper on Monday evening, and I loved having them here.
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This is Joel's family's final week (of five) in Colorado. They're coming home late tomorrow night.
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Today all the ladies in the DLM family gathered at Downtown Samplers (my cousin Eileen's restaurant) and celebrated Carol's upcoming birthday. I left school over the noon hour, with Kristi in tow, and we returned presently, full of good food and memories of good fellowship. Hannah was the only one missing.
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Tomorrow the temperature is predicted to reach 82 degrees. It was slightly cooler than that today, but wonderfully spring-like.
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On Tuesday the Reno County Commission denied the Farmer's Market request for financial help in re-paving the very uneven floor of the Farmer's Market pavilion. I'm not impressed with the action of some of the people who represent rural Reno County--Dan Deming excepted. There's a fund for giving assistance to anyone who can provide employment for at least 10 people. It turns out that at least one member, the lawyer of the three, does not see us as fitting in that category. I acknowledge, of course, that we're not a typical open-up-a-factory-and-start-hiring-people-off-the-street kind of organization, but I think we all know that farmer's market vendors are most assuredly working hard at their producing and marketing "job" and anyone who represents a rural area ought to know that rural business enterprises are mostly like this. Many more than ten vendors regularly sell at the Farmer's Market.
Many of the vendors have already donated money toward this project, and an anonymous donor provided $2,000.00. We also would very much like to do electrical wiring overhead down the center of the building so that overhead fans could provide air circulation during the hottest days, and so that people whose marketing setup would benefit from access to electrical power could acquire it without running cords across walkways. That will require additional funds.
On the night before the meeting Ron Hirst called here to ask whether we planned to attend the meeting. He promotes rural development and was there to speak on our behalf. He's our former neighbor, and Hiromi reported that he did a good job in representing our interests. He works out of the Quest Center in Hutchinson.
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Marian's cancer has been determined to be clear cell cancer, a fairly aggressive type. Present plans are to go to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa for a consultation.
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We met in our newly organized church cell groups last night in lieu of our regular Wednesday evening service. Our group met at Orens. Each group has a pastor-leader, and this week most of us met in the pastor's home. It was a very good evening. We did some planning for how we want to proceed in the future.
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Shane did some concrete work in the shop at the Trail West place last week. The floor is much improved. Now it needs a better roof and a lot of paint inside, and maybe it will last as long as we do. Our boys are not very affirming of our efforts to make this building "do" instead of building a new shed, but our modest means helped us decide.
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This has been a strange spring season. I'm not feverishly starting plants as usual because I've decided that gardening will be for the benefit of our household primarily this year rather than for market sales. This is a "moving year" for us and each of our children's households, so our gardens are being visualized for a location that is not presently our home. I'm thinking of all the digging up and replanting of perennials I want to do, but without a clear plan for where they'll be placed at the Trail West place, it's a fairly daunting prospect.
Packing up this rambling house with its cavernous basement and moving into a small one-story house without a basement presents its daunting prospects as well. For now I'm pushing off most such thoughts till after school closes.
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Shane discovered one of his steers dead in the pasture today. He's puzzled about the cause of death.
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Hiromi is working on getting our tax papers filed. Just now I heard him mutter, "This is just too complicated. Too complicated . . ." If I were doing it, I'm sure my sentiments would coincide with his, but I would probably not be muttering quietly about it. Something more vigorous and noisy would be my likely way of handling things.
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We have one more week of school before spring break. Tra-la-la!
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Lowell leaves this Saturday for several weeks of teaching pastors in Liberia, West Africa. Some locations are very remote, and seeing pictures of some of the bridges their vehicles will need to cross are good incentives to remember to pray. They look like haphazard collections of logs and boards, with wide gaps between them and very muddy approaches. An intense teaching schedule, many hours of travel time, a steamy climate, and modest accommodations will likely add to the challenges.
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Titus and Sherilyn's twins were born last weekend. One of the boys weighed a little less than five pounds and the other more than five pounds. Since they have two sets of grandparents in our church, each grandfather (Lester and Lorne) announced the details about one of the babies, without reference to the fact that he was one of twins. It was clever and a little funny. Everyone is doing well, but they were in the hospital at least through midweek. One of them was slightly jaundiced and they both had lost a good bit of their birth weight. The first names are Tyson and Taylan and the second names are Aaron and Andre.` I'll need a little more time to get the combinations right.
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We had a "first" at school yesterday when someone arrived from the electric service provider with orders to turn off our power because the bill had been neglected too long. Being a reasonable man, instead of turning off the power, he inquired about where he could go to pick up payment, and something was arranged. (It's handled through the C.C. Church.) It turned out that automatic payment had been set up, but something apparently went awry, and the payments had not gone through. It wasn't as negligent as it sounded.
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Next weekend a number of couples are meeting at Cottonwood for an "Art of Marriage" event. It's a DVD version of the live event we attended in Wichita, lasting from Fri. eve. through Sun. AM. I think we get to keep Tristan for most or all of that time. At the last report, there were still openings for interested couples. Ask LaVon Miller for details. (I'm actually not positive how wide open the invitation stands. That would be a good thing to ask LaVon if you're unsure whether it's intended for people like you.) There's a fee--smaller than for live venues. Joel and Hilda had purchased the DVD set when they attended a live presentation earlier.
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World magazine featured a picture and editorial on Amos Yoder from Grove City, MN. His daughter, Dorcas, who had made the connection between the editor and her father, asked if I would take a photocopy of the article to her uncle, Johnny Junior, Amos' brother, who lives just up the road from school. So I did. I think he'd love to have a copy of the actual magazine, so if any locals would like to give him a copy, you're welcome. Amos faithfully prays about many of the things he learns about by reading the news.
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On Monday, local midwife, Lois Y. gave our child development class a tour of the birth center at Yoder. We all loved the peaceful, homey atmosphere, and Lois' competent and informative manner. Several members of the class have had siblings born there.
On Mar. 1, Hiromi and I went to Wichita for the weekend. We took in an event at the Hyatt: A Weekend to Remember. It was a marriage enrichment event presented by Family Life. I recommend the experience. Joel and Hilda had given it to us as a Christmas gift. We stayed at the Hyatt and ate in the dining room there the entire time except going and coming, when we ate at Asian buffets. No bedbug worries either. That was good. The hostess at the Hyatt restaurant was a Sterling College grad who was there at the same time I was. I didn't recognize her until she said her maiden name. What fun!
*******************
The following week we had meetings at church with Johnny Miller speaking. I thoroughly enjoyed those evenings, although I have less appreciation for the hectic schedule such meetings necessitate. Johnny spoke at school on Friday. No one moved while he spoke. (Only a slight exaggeration.)
********************
At the end of last week my sister Carol from Shawnee, KS and my sister Dorcas and her family from NC came for a week-long visit. Carol attended the all-day Gathering for Gardeners with me in Hutchinson on Saturday.
********************
They were all here for supper on Monday evening, and I loved having them here.
*********************
This is Joel's family's final week (of five) in Colorado. They're coming home late tomorrow night.
*********************
Today all the ladies in the DLM family gathered at Downtown Samplers (my cousin Eileen's restaurant) and celebrated Carol's upcoming birthday. I left school over the noon hour, with Kristi in tow, and we returned presently, full of good food and memories of good fellowship. Hannah was the only one missing.
**********************
Tomorrow the temperature is predicted to reach 82 degrees. It was slightly cooler than that today, but wonderfully spring-like.
**********************
On Tuesday the Reno County Commission denied the Farmer's Market request for financial help in re-paving the very uneven floor of the Farmer's Market pavilion. I'm not impressed with the action of some of the people who represent rural Reno County--Dan Deming excepted. There's a fund for giving assistance to anyone who can provide employment for at least 10 people. It turns out that at least one member, the lawyer of the three, does not see us as fitting in that category. I acknowledge, of course, that we're not a typical open-up-a-factory-and-start-hiring-people-off-the-street kind of organization, but I think we all know that farmer's market vendors are most assuredly working hard at their producing and marketing "job" and anyone who represents a rural area ought to know that rural business enterprises are mostly like this. Many more than ten vendors regularly sell at the Farmer's Market.
Many of the vendors have already donated money toward this project, and an anonymous donor provided $2,000.00. We also would very much like to do electrical wiring overhead down the center of the building so that overhead fans could provide air circulation during the hottest days, and so that people whose marketing setup would benefit from access to electrical power could acquire it without running cords across walkways. That will require additional funds.
On the night before the meeting Ron Hirst called here to ask whether we planned to attend the meeting. He promotes rural development and was there to speak on our behalf. He's our former neighbor, and Hiromi reported that he did a good job in representing our interests. He works out of the Quest Center in Hutchinson.
************************
Marian's cancer has been determined to be clear cell cancer, a fairly aggressive type. Present plans are to go to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa for a consultation.
************************
We met in our newly organized church cell groups last night in lieu of our regular Wednesday evening service. Our group met at Orens. Each group has a pastor-leader, and this week most of us met in the pastor's home. It was a very good evening. We did some planning for how we want to proceed in the future.
*************************
Shane did some concrete work in the shop at the Trail West place last week. The floor is much improved. Now it needs a better roof and a lot of paint inside, and maybe it will last as long as we do. Our boys are not very affirming of our efforts to make this building "do" instead of building a new shed, but our modest means helped us decide.
*************************
This has been a strange spring season. I'm not feverishly starting plants as usual because I've decided that gardening will be for the benefit of our household primarily this year rather than for market sales. This is a "moving year" for us and each of our children's households, so our gardens are being visualized for a location that is not presently our home. I'm thinking of all the digging up and replanting of perennials I want to do, but without a clear plan for where they'll be placed at the Trail West place, it's a fairly daunting prospect.
Packing up this rambling house with its cavernous basement and moving into a small one-story house without a basement presents its daunting prospects as well. For now I'm pushing off most such thoughts till after school closes.
**************************
Shane discovered one of his steers dead in the pasture today. He's puzzled about the cause of death.
**************************
Hiromi is working on getting our tax papers filed. Just now I heard him mutter, "This is just too complicated. Too complicated . . ." If I were doing it, I'm sure my sentiments would coincide with his, but I would probably not be muttering quietly about it. Something more vigorous and noisy would be my likely way of handling things.
***************************
We have one more week of school before spring break. Tra-la-la!
***************************
Lowell leaves this Saturday for several weeks of teaching pastors in Liberia, West Africa. Some locations are very remote, and seeing pictures of some of the bridges their vehicles will need to cross are good incentives to remember to pray. They look like haphazard collections of logs and boards, with wide gaps between them and very muddy approaches. An intense teaching schedule, many hours of travel time, a steamy climate, and modest accommodations will likely add to the challenges.
***************************
Titus and Sherilyn's twins were born last weekend. One of the boys weighed a little less than five pounds and the other more than five pounds. Since they have two sets of grandparents in our church, each grandfather (Lester and Lorne) announced the details about one of the babies, without reference to the fact that he was one of twins. It was clever and a little funny. Everyone is doing well, but they were in the hospital at least through midweek. One of them was slightly jaundiced and they both had lost a good bit of their birth weight. The first names are Tyson and Taylan and the second names are Aaron and Andre.` I'll need a little more time to get the combinations right.
***************************
We had a "first" at school yesterday when someone arrived from the electric service provider with orders to turn off our power because the bill had been neglected too long. Being a reasonable man, instead of turning off the power, he inquired about where he could go to pick up payment, and something was arranged. (It's handled through the C.C. Church.) It turned out that automatic payment had been set up, but something apparently went awry, and the payments had not gone through. It wasn't as negligent as it sounded.
***************************
Next weekend a number of couples are meeting at Cottonwood for an "Art of Marriage" event. It's a DVD version of the live event we attended in Wichita, lasting from Fri. eve. through Sun. AM. I think we get to keep Tristan for most or all of that time. At the last report, there were still openings for interested couples. Ask LaVon Miller for details. (I'm actually not positive how wide open the invitation stands. That would be a good thing to ask LaVon if you're unsure whether it's intended for people like you.) There's a fee--smaller than for live venues. Joel and Hilda had purchased the DVD set when they attended a live presentation earlier.
***************************
World magazine featured a picture and editorial on Amos Yoder from Grove City, MN. His daughter, Dorcas, who had made the connection between the editor and her father, asked if I would take a photocopy of the article to her uncle, Johnny Junior, Amos' brother, who lives just up the road from school. So I did. I think he'd love to have a copy of the actual magazine, so if any locals would like to give him a copy, you're welcome. Amos faithfully prays about many of the things he learns about by reading the news.
****************************
On Monday, local midwife, Lois Y. gave our child development class a tour of the birth center at Yoder. We all loved the peaceful, homey atmosphere, and Lois' competent and informative manner. Several members of the class have had siblings born there.
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