we went sledding today

german word of the day: schlitten fahren - sledding
second german word of the day: porutscher -





truth be told, it was a bit more hiking than sledding, but it was fun. as we were walking back i we caught a glimpse of a small part of town kind of cut off from the rest of the city in a little side valley. night was falling, and the lights were just coming on, silhouetting the houses and streets.

it looked a lot like this christmas decoration my mom used to bring out and put on the ledge downstairs. one little house, fairly colorful with blues and yellows, snow lining the roof and windows and a little tree, complete with a little switch that would turn on a light inside when it was plugged in.

it is beautiful what we see sometimes, even just walking around at dusk, maybe especially walking around at dusk.

.jrs.

i haven't seen a rainbow in a long time

that doesn't mean they don't exist. the last one i remember was over my friend's wedding about a year and a half ago. it was a good one.

i was reading in the first book of moses today. i'm not very far, just got out of the flood. when i read about God's agreement with us not to flood us out again, i realized how long it had been since i had seen one of these little trials to gold.

they're really cool things.

that reminds me of one time when i was flying over the ocean and looked out the window. i can't be sure, but i think i saw the northern lights. that was pretty neat, too, even if i didn't really see it (it was only a couple seconds, looking out a plane window, three years ago, so i can't really trust it)

just because i don't see God's promises in my life all the time, that doesn't mean they aren't there, somewhere, leading to a leprechaun's tree-house.

.jrs.

it is four twenty four in the afternoon

today is warm(er), and that is nice. the sun is also staying here longer, which is even nicer. i guess it's been staying a bit longer since the good old winter solstice. thank you for giving us back our day.

so it's nice to be able to sit in my room without having to turn on the light for another. . .half an hour.

anyway, things are going well. today is bethany jordan hutton's birthday (right??). one year down, thousands to go.

--ok this was a lame first post for 2009. i'll get back to posting for reals soon--

.jrs.