This has been a popular blogosphere topic right now. It is kinda hard to do... It is supposed to be a list of the top ten books that have influenced you the most. The blog challenge is to make the list out of your first thoughts. In other words, don't get hung up on second guessing yourself and don't worry about putting the titles into any particular order. I think you can tell a lot about a person from a list like this, so here goes...
1. The Bible by God
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. In His Steps by Charles Sheldon
4. The Saving Life of Christ by Major Ian Thomas
5. My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chabers
6. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
7. Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
8. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
9. Through Gates of Splendor and its sequel The End of the Spear
10. Anything by Jill Briscoe or Anne Graham Lotz
I think this is the guy that got this all started...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Fishing
I love fishing! It is one of those few activities that I can become totally absorbed in the moment and be totally focused.
Here is a clip from last Saturday. Steve and I took our Hobie kayaks to Lake Del Valle near Livermore, California - just over the hill from us via Niles Canyon. It was a perfect Spring day - well, except that I didn't catch any fish. But it is about the journey - the experience - the memory, fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQLI2mXmQo
Happy fishing!
Here is a clip from last Saturday. Steve and I took our Hobie kayaks to Lake Del Valle near Livermore, California - just over the hill from us via Niles Canyon. It was a perfect Spring day - well, except that I didn't catch any fish. But it is about the journey - the experience - the memory, fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQLI2mXmQo
Happy fishing!
Friday, March 12, 2010
some more house pix
My latest projects have been painting the outside of the house and prepping the garden plot with raised beds for Spring planting.
We have had a fairly rainy, la nina, winter this year in the San Francisco Bay area. I haven't been able to get outside as much and the weeds are going crazy. There is a type of clover weed that is especially prolific and thick in some areas.
I once asked Steve if he thought it was sexy when I used the power tools - he said, "no, just convenient." Oh well! I have become more self-proficient with my projects, but I think he still gets nervous when I get going on something, thinking he is going to have to get involved and bail me out when I get in over my head.
Come on Spring and warmer, drier weather!
We have had a fairly rainy, la nina, winter this year in the San Francisco Bay area. I haven't been able to get outside as much and the weeds are going crazy. There is a type of clover weed that is especially prolific and thick in some areas.
I once asked Steve if he thought it was sexy when I used the power tools - he said, "no, just convenient." Oh well! I have become more self-proficient with my projects, but I think he still gets nervous when I get going on something, thinking he is going to have to get involved and bail me out when I get in over my head.
Come on Spring and warmer, drier weather!
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