Is it Spring Yet?

Last Thursday was such a beautiful Spring day! Nearly 60 degrees outside, and so sunny! My dog and kitty and I sat outside most of the day. I dug around in the dirt a bit, cleaned up the trash that inevitably blows into the yard.I opened a few windows. Such a joy to feel the sun and breeze on my face.
But alas! It was not Spring yet. Today and yesterday ( monday and tuesday) we have been having ... oh I can hardly bring myself to say it... Gulp!.... snow!
Into each life a little snow must fall. Couldn't the snow stop falling until next December? Maybe the snow could only fall on December 23 thru the 29 and no more?
We are suffering from a severe case of cabin fever! Think Spring!

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families in Binghamton, New York who were killed by that unhappy young man.
And also to all the others killed by unhappy people in the last few months.

SMOKIN' Joe

I have an idea for a novel floating around in my head for a few years now. i even made a few stabs at getting it on paper but i just couldn't get it right. well it has finally started to gel and i worked on it yesterday and managed nearly 3,000 words in short order. i'm really psyched!
hope everyone has a great new year.

peace

Good Friday

Today is Good Friday.It is a day to contemplate redemption a solomn time for many christrians. I find myself thinking about forgiveness and what that means to me.When someone does something that hurts you, there are a few ways to respond. Usually the first response, for me at least, is anger followed closely by thoughts of revenge. But I find I'm expending more energy staying angry and vengeful than I can spare. It has hurt me more to hang on to the hurts than it hurts the other person who may not even realize what they've done.So how do you let go of the hurt? I have not found an adequate way of doing that. I try to forgive but I know have not because the hurts still live in my mind. I know that forgiveness doesn't mean that you condone an other's behavior and really you can't 'fix' anyone else, they are responsible for their own behavior. So why forgive? Is it a way to peace within your heart? Is it a duty you must perform as the bible says or you will end up in the hot place after death? I would guess it's in order to find peace within that you forgive. It's more about letting go of your need to hang onto the hurts.
I am watching Diane Sawyer's special on prostitutes tonight and I wonder who will take care of these people? Who will make sure they are safe and cared for? Why are the women arrested but not their not their male clients or the pimps? And why don't these documenteries talk about the male prostitutes?
And when the women who was caught in adultry was brought before Jesus, did He condem her