It’s been wet overnight and the trail had many puddles. I tried to give an escape route to one puddle, but only succeeded in bending my stick. So that’s both sticks that now won’t telescope. However, I reckon I can swap parts so that I end up with one that telescopes and one that doesn’t. By the time I was walking, the clearance had come…
Sunday’s lectionary includes Jesus’ story about people being separated like a shepherd separates sheep from goats (they must have had quite complex flocks in those days). I think I need to come back to the raw straightforwardness of “…for I was hungry and you gave me food…” Maybe I should stop trying to overcomplicate things and just listen to Jesus.