Some more bits of furniture gone now, many to go. Piece by piece we are saying goodbye to life here. Good to have dinner yesterday with Janet’s father and friends. I tried to do some physics and find a way to transport a dish of hot roasting potatoes half a km. Many thanks to all involved. I still like physics, though I’ve forgotten a lot.
I’m going to miss the places, the people.
Janet’s been working like a lion: thank you Janet! We still have a lot of papers to sort before the shredder’s van comes on Friday. I think we may have more than we said originally. I’ll weigh them on the bathroom scales to clear up any ambiguity about how much a ‘bag’ is.
We use furniture and clothes to the point of destruction – there is much of our stuff that is too knackered to be any use to anyone else. And there was a time when I thought the same might be true of us – but no.
For the readings…
God give us grace
to hear,
and understand,
and do…
even when it is hard.
Blessing for the poor,
trouble for the rich –
it’s hard to take for those of us
who fear we may be more on the rich side
than the poor side.
Give us faith, we pray,
to find new blessings
in community,
in love,
in shared pain and joy,
in Christ.