Thor's day

 I don't expect any thunder. In fact it will be a nice day. 17C! No heating required this morning. 

Does hell have physical fire? It will certainly involve separation from God and all that is loving.

I took a shed apart yesterday. It was an old one in the drive. Luckily it had screws not rivets. It came apart easily. It is now ready to go to the tip. The tip is really a place to dump rubbish. The act of depositing the unwanted waste involves a tipping motion. So we call it the tip. A proper noun. Take it to tip would be more accurate. "The" is a definite article referring to a specific person, place or thing.  It is also comparative or an adverb if it occurs before a verb. The run, not that run! A lot of foreigners use 'the' wrong. 

Have to run, or drive, to the Winuiomata.

Stars are born from chaos, welcome your inner storms.

Woden's day

 Wednes is the middle of the week. If Woden is the God of wisdom does he read 'Wisdom' in the  OT? Sirach has a lot of wisdom too.

"Desire not a brood of worthless children...exult not in them if they have not the fear of the Lord....rather die childless than have godless children". Sirach. 

I wonder what wise things Woden said. Nothing came down to us. I suspect Woden was really wooden, something carved by human hands. A bit like barrelman. 

"The statuette is widely associated with the highland city of Baguio. Local lore suggests the original carving was created as a subtle prank or protest against American colonizers who displaced indigenous communities in Baguio in the early 1900s. Woodcarvers reportedly took inspiration from dime-store caricatures and crafted the figure to poke fun at Westerners."

It's all quiet on the blogging front. "The extended Prowse Whanau" on Whatsapp has more news these days. It says RBB had a visit from D and they discussed where I was born and how many steps my parents house in Garden Road had. Earlier we had an abstract from a presentation nephew K had delivered on the origins of White Island. I wonder if blogging has run its course.

Better run, or drive, have to pick up a fellow worker.

"Sometimes the greatest growth comes from the deepest pain".

Our boys won.

 We started off a bit shaky and Italy proved formidable for our lads in the first half. The final score sounded like a decisive win but we'll have to maintain our discipline next time in Auckland against ....I've forgotten.

I see we are bringing back provincial games in SA. First time in 30 years. Three of them. Hope our boys don't get too tired. That was why the stopped them. Half the team would be taken out by injuries before the National encounters. 

The season ends with a round robin in England one weekend in November. Looking forward to that.

Get out there and practise your ball handling skills.