The other day I posted a picture of crocuses just starting to bud. Today when I went out, I saw that the first bud had found lots of friends. I realize that the March (and even April) snows may yet come but for this moment I am thankful for these gentle reminders that under the [...]
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The hardest thing about really seeing and really hearing is that then you really have to do something about what you have seen and heard.
–Frederick Buechner, as quoted in In Constant Prayer (page 71) by Robert Benson, 2008
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My, oh my, spring is coming!
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…yep, that’s Nice.
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I turned and snapped this photo since it shows how little room there is to spare in old towns of Europe. It’s a constant amazement to me that big things can pass through small spaces…but they do. Isn’t that a wonder?
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Water sources are interesting in foreign lands. I used to see water running freely from a pipe into a giant basin of some sort and people would come and fill containes then carry it off. And sometimes there would be something like this that where the water had to be turned on and then cut [...]
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What a treat it was to fly right over Antibes on the way to Nice. I looked out the window and was thrilled to see the port, the Old Town, the Place de Gaulle and my old ‘hood. And seeing it from this bird’s eye view gave me new perspective. Of course, I had seen [...]
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But my post yesterday gets ahead of itself…first we flew over Germany. Here is a shot from thousands of feet above the ground. Notice the river with the flat boat. Also in the village is a very old church (near the left border of the photo) among what look to be cottages. It is a [...]
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The primary reason that I went to France was to participate in the third Transformed by Stories event of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. I have been very pleased to serve on the Planning Committee for these programs and feel incredibly lucky that two of the three sessions were held in Nice…my former [...]
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