Rather Today

In store for tomorrow: hiking Union Peak with Raisa (a fellow Dispatcher).

In the process of reading: Searching For God Knows What -- Donald Miller is re-instilling my belief that anyone can pick up the Bible and understand a little bit of God. Sometimes formal Bible teaching seems to get in the way of the original intent of the Bible's message; stories to teach, visuals to learn from. Miller's curious explorations into the minds of the humans of the Bible has spurred me to start reading in a similar state of mind.

Grandma and Grandpa gave us a bucket full of apples they picked up north; they are the best green apples I've ever tasted. The kind you bite into and a flood of warm breezes, sunshine, dirt, water and all matter of earthiness seeps into your mind and brings forth memories childhood.

Speaking of Grandma and Grandpa: they came up to Crater Lake today. Grandma and I gave blood and then the three of us had lunch on an overlook by the lake. Good day.

Ready for the night to end; for the the sun to finish it's orange setting and for the dark car ride back to my cool, cushy bed.

"God will show up"

Never understood that phrase. I mean, isn't God everywhere all the time? Sort of bugs me that we would insinuate he's only in one place--our place, this place.

I don't think that's how it works.

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

It's Tuesday evening. I watch as a very small spider weaves his silver web.

Agile and dexterous, he transfers the shining string from one back leg to the other back leg and attaches it to the current perpendicular string. He scampers to the next. More silver string; transfer, attach.

His movements are fluid and rapid; focused and efficient.

Half way around his circled Kingdom a small green Midge bounces off the sticky threads and is caught. Spider ceases the web-work and gallops over.

A multi-second struggle and the midge discontinues its frantic shaking. Spider wraps his magic threads twice around the green giant and carrys him to the center of the web. He hangs midge by the backside with one thread and resumes his web spinning. All within a matter of thirty seconds.

Spider is very efficient indeed.

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