Summer is winding down and we might be heading into a real cold winter (according to the Farmers' Almanac or a pig spleen or sumthin). Before everybody headed back to school we were drawing double digits into our back yard - lots of kids trying to 'get their hammock on' before going back to the daily grind of elementary school. It cracks me up because all of the kids have passes to Calaway Park (local amusement park), every gaming console that has come out ever, and more channels than they can possibly watch, but there they are on my hammock swinging it and trying to knock each other off.

It is pretty quiet around the house, thoughI should qualify that statement. My daughter and our puppy both miss the constant commotion and playmates of the summer months. Unfortunately they also happen to be the loudest of the lot and so it is quieter but not by much.

Part of my summer was spent with my good friend and former business partner. Even though we don't work together we still find ways and places to be in each other's life. Its good - I am actually a fairly private person and so I don't let many people into my thoughts, feelings, etc. Clayton is one of those few and so it was nice to spend some time with him talking and exploring some 'stuff' that was rattling around - new challenges colliding with old thought patterns. Not a good combination. Something about getting the boy off of the rez but never getting the rez out of the boy.

I am getting set to start up the new ministry year and it is exciting - lots of new opportunities. As I looked back over the books I read in the summer they all had a common (unplanned) thread - the idea that the moment is where it all happens...right now...and now..and even now. The books were a mix of secular, Christian, business and academic. Anyhoo, that is what we are going to dig into over the next year - the power of decisions, actions, reactions and how to look back on the past, look forward to the future but how to live life right now to its fullest. I am excited , but I don't want to use up anymore moments cuz I got stuff to do.

Ehkosit,

Migwec