Shipping Lane

Note My apologies to any of my regular readers1 who were expecting to catch up with Welcome to The Valleys today. It was a three-day weekend in the US and I simply didn’t have the mental energy to sit down and write2. Don’t worry, Jeremy and company will be back tomorrow 3. Living along the…

Getting the scoop

The daughter of our Brazilian pastor got a camera for her birthday and wanted some tips on how to use it. So the “shutter hubbies” took her down to Palmyra Nature Cove for a brief photo walk and tutorial. Pastor Ronnie came along as well, and we had a great time. Today we remained on…

Slow down

We live in a culture which loves to be always on the move. In fact, we tend to rate our value on how “productive” we are. If we write so many thousands of words, get to as many functions as possible, make “x” dozens of cookies before 8AM, or stencil the garden fence1 we can…

Life in the fortress

On Friday I set out for a pastoral visit and, as is often the case when I do so, I brought along my camera. It’s amazing how much I manage to see when I’m keeping my eye out for photo opportunities. This past stroll highlighted a trend I find worrisome in our little town. More…

Cool utlity trick

One of the applications I purchased in a software bundle the other day was a neat little utility called Filepane. Like many other Mac utilities, Filepane resides in OS X’s finder bar, but with a dramatic different. To access Filepane’s features you don’t find and click on it’s icon. Instead, whenever any number of files…

Did I ever tell you?

The last few weeks I’ve taken to skimming through the 9 seasons of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix. I’ve tried to watch this show before and thought it was amusing, but never liked enough to “binge watch” every episode. I’ve changed my mind, this is fascinating show. What grabs me the most aren’t…