Thursday Cake and Theology

I rose before 7, happy to not have fallen out of bed again. I had trouble sleeping and finally gave up, rising before 7. I pushed the button to make coffee, returned to my office, and began a 1,500+ word blog that took me all morning to finish. I was also reading and thinking much of the morning. I find myself thinking and looking out the window often. I am thinking about the news, civil rights, and church theology. Sometimes the window takes ten or more minutes as I ponder all of this. I also drift off about the refresh project.

I enjoyed the locally roasted liberal coffee from Hillsboro. I had a donut, a Voodoo Donut maple bar with bacon. I wrote and thought until mid-morning.

With the blog done and a card sent to Mom Wild, I showered, dressed, and all of that. I reheated some leftover pasta and sausage. I found the excellent historical Mary Beard had some videos in my feed on YouTube, and I watched one all afternoon. Mary Beard’s books are superb (with deep sets of footnotes), and her videos are excellent and visually stunning. She finds all these interesting museums that I want to visit all over Europe. I recommend her books and shows.

New bids for the church refresh work came in, and I wrote and then sent out the weekly report to the Church Council on our progress. I also completed my notes for my Sunday School Class and sent out a copy of those. I like to get them out so folks can be aware of what I am teaching.

I found two widow’s mite coins from the Middle East that Susie’s dad, Ben, gave to her. These would have fit the previous class, but still, they will be passed around. One is from 30CE and another is from 100BCE and fit the period of Jesus and the Maccabees.

Next, I made a cake. I remade the same cake as before, Grand Marnier Golden Cake, but using better chocolate, and remembered to put more orange glaze before removing the cake from the pan. I also put more orange flavor in one step. This really brightened the cake, and I was told it was better than my practice cake. Excellent!

I cleaned up the kitchen, which looked like a baker had exploded in mid-bake, while I waited for the cake to bake.

McMinimans was slammed when I got there, and it took the staff and Stephenie, our waiter, a while to get our room ready. Service would be slow as the staff was running everywhere at once. We had about twelve people for the Theology Pub meeting. The topic was the impact of isolation on people and what the church can do to help. Dondrea, who got to hear “Happy Birthday” three times as it was her birthday, shared on her usual excellent write-up some statistics that showed how severe the problem is now and how it also varies based on age groups. We agreed that our church may try a game night, book club, and other means to reach people who need more social interaction.

After that, Air VW the Gray took me home. There, I did the dishes, assembled coffee for the next day, and soon was reading in bed. I tried a new book on my Kindle, and that was not something I liked (it cost me $4.99), and returned to my Analog magazines. I started a story and soon was nodding off. I closed my eyes, rolled over a few times, and woke a few times, and managed to sleep better tonight. The dreams were just shadows and forgotten now.

Thanks for reading!