A Spring Break Post
Today Tristan read to me and his younger brother a book from the library that was over 50 pages long. Each page had only four or so lines of text, and lots of fun pictures on the pages, but still . . . 50+ pages! This coming school year he would not be old enough to be allowed to start school at Pilgrim unless an exception were made. I don't think his parents will challenge the status quo, but probably just keep on putting things in front of him to learn at home. He's a fortunate child, in my completely unbiased opinion.
This "grandchildren pleasure" during spring break is mixed with a bit of wistfulness about the absent grandchildren. I'm told that the oldest BD granddaughter is reading books too, but I can't sit down with her to listen to her read.
I make it sound as though reading is the most notable thing a grandchild could do. Not really. Each one is delightful in exactly the stage they're in right now. Today I marveled at the new words the 18?-month-old is saying, and marveled even more at his pleasant interactions with me, and his great muscle coordination and balance as he ran back and forth across the hard floor in his socks.
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Grant is in Texas today, and will be working there for several weeks. I'm listening with interest to weather reports from there. Tornadoes are being reported. Three storm chasers died--not in a tornado, but in a 2-vehicle accident.
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The rains we're getting are pure pleasure. The weather violence is happening elsewhere, and we've had at least .8 inch of rain today, with a lot more apparently on the way tonight and tomorrow. I can't guarantee that there will be no runoff, but the ground is thirsty enough that I think it will absorb a lot of moisture before it can't hold any more.
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The most recent issue of Mennonite World Review carried an article reporting on the recent Anabaptist Identity Conference. Much of the article referenced speeches by David Martin on Mennonites and the Industrial Revolution. I referred in an earlier post to a piece by Martin on the same topic. I noted in the MWR article that Martin elaborated on some of the content in the original article. I think Martin is saying things we really need to hear and learn from. Here's the MWR article.
This "grandchildren pleasure" during spring break is mixed with a bit of wistfulness about the absent grandchildren. I'm told that the oldest BD granddaughter is reading books too, but I can't sit down with her to listen to her read.
I make it sound as though reading is the most notable thing a grandchild could do. Not really. Each one is delightful in exactly the stage they're in right now. Today I marveled at the new words the 18?-month-old is saying, and marveled even more at his pleasant interactions with me, and his great muscle coordination and balance as he ran back and forth across the hard floor in his socks.
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Grant is in Texas today, and will be working there for several weeks. I'm listening with interest to weather reports from there. Tornadoes are being reported. Three storm chasers died--not in a tornado, but in a 2-vehicle accident.
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The rains we're getting are pure pleasure. The weather violence is happening elsewhere, and we've had at least .8 inch of rain today, with a lot more apparently on the way tonight and tomorrow. I can't guarantee that there will be no runoff, but the ground is thirsty enough that I think it will absorb a lot of moisture before it can't hold any more.
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The most recent issue of Mennonite World Review carried an article reporting on the recent Anabaptist Identity Conference. Much of the article referenced speeches by David Martin on Mennonites and the Industrial Revolution. I referred in an earlier post to a piece by Martin on the same topic. I noted in the MWR article that Martin elaborated on some of the content in the original article. I think Martin is saying things we really need to hear and learn from. Here's the MWR article.
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