Six things saturday

 

Yeah, yeah... here we go...

1. WHAT I/WE ARE WATCHING - Lately we've been watching the old 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' TV shows on Rokutv. They're kind of interesting, I guess. Of course we still default to GRIT TV when just needing something on in the background. We don't watch a lot of TV - usually from 6-8 at night most nights.
2. MOVIES - I am terrible at remembering movies we've watched. If only I had a blog or something to keep track of such things... Hmm. Anyway, last night we watched 'Sound of Metal.' One of those sad/good movies. So good. Really good. I know I've seen some other good movies recently, but this may have been the best. Although, I guess it is from 2019. Whatever. Good.
   
3. RUNNING - I've really cut back, but am continuing. Last week I jogged 2, 2.5, and 3.1 miles, all around 11 to 12-minute miles. Strangely enough, my legs and feet are feeling good, but somethings going on in my lungs. I swear it's since I've had the first dose of the covid vaccine. It just burns when I run, like I'm completely out of shape. And I'm not! At least it's not getting worse, so I'm hoping it will improve over time. It's a little frustrating to have to have Jane slow down for me. Not the end of the world.
4. WHAT I'M READING - Last week I started reading Walter Brueggemann's 'The Message of the Psalms.' It was a little wild in that, as you can see from the above pic, I purchased this book on April 7, 1997. Jane and I heard him speak that day while I was attending seminary. I thought he was fantastic! There was a bit of a to-do because he said "son-of-a-bitch" and a bunch of people got upset, but I didn't blink at it. Aaaaaanyway, what's funny is, I just randomly started reading this on April 7 this year... and had no idea that's the date I purchased the book 24 years ago!!! Crazy. Anyway, I intended to use this for my morning devotional/journalling, but we'll see how it goes. It's pretty heady.
5. WORK - These past 2 weeks I've worked a 4-day week. Starting this week I am back to a 5-day workweek for the next 2 weeks. It is nice having a 3-day weekend, but the days sure are long. It's also been super slow the past couple weeks. 
6. GREEN - It's amazing how fast Spring can... spring. The grass is growing and a dark dense green, the trees are budding and getting leaves, flowers are up... So it seems we had about 2 weeks of winter. One of these days I need to swap out the lawn mower and snow blower. One of these days. I'm not a fan of yard work, but I do like the colors, and the warm air.

So, there ya go. Sorry I haven't been keeping up very good lately. Meh. One of these days... 

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"The winter is over; the rains have stopped;
in the countryside the flowers are in bloom.
This is the time for singing;
    the song of doves is heard in the fields."

-Song of Solomon 2:11-12