With a burst of energy Monday I got out my super leaf blower and again blew off the front yard. The city is supposed to pick them up on Tuesday. Gosh, it sure looked neat when I finished and my back could attest to the chore. So what happened? Tuesday it rained a bit and the cities machine doesn't work in the rain! Where are the leaves? Still at the curb. So what else happened? It came up a storm last night (Tuesday) and blew down a fresh batch. The yard looks like I never touched it. Oh well, such is life in "The Woods". I'm beginning to think that there is a correlation between blowing leaves and storms. What do you think?

I had lunch with a group of guys that I have known for too many years. Most of us went to grade school together (St. Therese of Lisieux - the Little Flower) and then on to Christian Brothers High School (called CBC in those days). We have managed to keep up with one another all these years! The sobering thought occurred to me - we're getting old! But, the rewarding thought is that I'm in much better shape than most of them - great wife, good health, nice home, and able to do much as I want. God is good. Several of them are widowers, some divorced, most have serious ailments, all seem to have nice homes (they all did well financially in life), but are limited in their activities one way or another. I thank God that I have hobbies that keep me active.

Tonight promises to be exciting. This Saturday we will celebrate our first Mass in the new Sanctuary. It is HUGE! Tonight there is a meeting of all the Eucharistic Ministers to find out just how we are supposed to serve. I'm sure it will all be much different from our old small Sanctuary. I hope they define how the Lectors are supposed to serve too.

Last night was Scripture Study. We had a most lively session covering Chapter 8 of the Gospel of Matthew. Our course material is severely lacking so the facilitator (me) brought in some other more challenging material. This chapter gives rise to many questions and I think we covered most of them. We have a really great group of people who are not shy and openly share with one another.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.