3BT: Hans; S’African treats; Lori’s 50th

1.      Massage with the lovely Hans (and the end of a three-day headache)

2.      Meeting Hester and Willem at the new Cochrane Butchery and buying biltong (similar to beef jerkey) and droëwors (also dried meat) and Ouma rusks and fig jam! Oh, and Mrs H.S. Balls Peach Chutney. Bobotie coming up!

3.      Tonight was our monthly SLT meeting* at our church in Calgary. Also: Lori A’s 50^th birthday. Glad I was able to attend both, since LA’s (surprise!) par-tay was held at the church. J

*Spiritual Leadership Team

No (e)mail on Monday

3BT: Mother’s Day; Hannah; R&R

1.      Mother’s day phone calls (to our three moms: Beth, Lynnette and Diana)

2.      Hannah sermon at DCC

3.      Peaceful afternoon of reading and rest (and a shower of rain)

P.S. It’s also my parents’ 46^th wedding anniversary today: CONGRATULATIONS, Mom and Dad!

3BT Saturday: after-gym treats; grad; farewell BBQ

1.      Coffee and cinnamon melts after gym

2.      Graduation

3.      After-grad BBQ at the home of a graduate’s in-laws (and lengthy theological debates over cheesecake and coffee)

3BT: Sweet sixteen, King’s Fold (Day 2), celebration supper and dessert

1.      Beautiful memories of our wedding day, sixteen years ago: 6 May 1995.

2.      Celebrating with the King’s Fold community—and being treated after lunch to chef Cathy’s strawberries-and-cream surprise called the “E&R trifle”!

3.      Supper at Smitty’s with our Fairman friends, followed by a dessert reception at seminary in celebration of our graduands. (My heart was encouraged by the words of a graduating student who honoured me in his tribute.)

3BT: (Thurs) Tea with LC, King’s Fold (Day 1), unexpected loft photo

1.                          On Thursday RP and I met at Tea…and Other Things to say hi and bye to our student (and meet her family from Colorado). Aleta is planning on drinking her way through the selection of available teas before her graduation in a couple of years. J

2.                          After tea, my sweet-sixteen spouse drove me out to King’s Fold to spend a night relaxing in the peace of one of our favourite places.

3.                          When I went upstairs to read in the sunny loft, I immediately noticed a photo on the wall of a bunch of grapes…taken by RP in a Franschhoek vineyard! (I had donated the photo years earlier and it had since made its way into room 2, where we slept on Thursday.)

4.                          Bonus: Meeting Jamie at the supper table who knew our neighbours (and my colleague’s family); meeting Tim at the supper table, just home from Haiti, who knew a friend of ours from Three Hills. “It’s a small, small world.”

3BT: A walk in the park, editing with Evie, coffee with Tammy

1.      I just got home from a long walk in the park with my sweet spouse. (Gym partner WB is absent tonight, so my hubby joined me for my daily exercise.)

2.      Met with EGM, writing/accountability partner, to work on our book about writing (yes, in letter format). Watch this space 3 months from now.

3.      Wednesday it is, and my weekly treat is meeting TM from the city for scintillating conversation and a cup of something delicious (tea for me, coffee for T).