Basic musings

Hello all, just a quick update on this week and what has been going on. Recycling has been going pretty well. My son and daughter have both at separate times had to remind dad, but that is ok because they keep us focused. The note from Carole in housing is both encouraging and disheartening at the same time. The face that there are those that are recycling is great, the fact that we cannot get them in the right bins or correctly is not so good.

Reading the book on simpler living is going much slower than I expected and I hope to have a review to post by Monday so that I am somewhat on track.

Those that know me know I am a more conservative, Confessional Lutheran, meaning, yes that I am also a Republican. So as you read my post know that that is where I am coming from, but also realize that we are all not radical and closed minded most of us on this side are also capable of learning and adapting our lifestyles so that they are more environmentally in line with where they should be. I do read my Bible and as such see areas that God wants us to take care of as stewards of the gifts that he had given to us.

So as I read the material and process the facts it is not hard for me to see that we, personally, locally, globally, need to make some changes. I enjoy the outdoors and like to be able to fish and eat the fish I catch and acknowledge that as a whole we are shutting those areas down. It is encouraging to see that MN legislators are also aware of this. As the snow rapidly melts I am slapped in the face with the fact that my brothers and sisters in the world, as well as myself, are pigs. Just take a look at the ground when you get out of your car or if you are walking on a sidewalk and see how much garbage is lying around. Do I have a solution? Not really, perhaps funding for a competent maintenance, housekeeping staff at the Seminary would be a good start, but I digress. My solution is to get some industrial sized rubber gloves and pick up garbage in the lot and around our building with my family. My family does not know of this yet but I am somewhat sure that I will not be the only one out there Saturday. I know that my son spent most of the second semester last year, at recess, with a few of his friends, picking up garbage around the playground.

During the winter months it is easy to set inside and become complacent. I do it every winter. Now that Spring is right around the corner I want to be more active. I want to do more. If I let the kids go then I have no choice. As Spring comes I want to open my eyes and see the brown turn to green, reds, blues and the like. I look forward to this time of year. Days are longer and nights shorter. We start to come into the light and there is salvation in the light.

Beware to those of you who are new to MN. High School sports tournaments are just around the corner and they usually bring with them a good sized snow storm, so we may not be out of the weather yet. Hopefully posting this will stave it off, but do not count on it.

Two weeks and we shall be in SW MN. Take care and have a Super Fantastic Day.