[ConorMacNessa]

It's good to be back. Kathy! The job has been in flux over the last month or so but we're still keeping the wolf from the door. The ankle is fine - I was in an Air-Cast and compression socks for about two weeks. I'm staying with the compression socks.

We have been spared by the floods, although another big squall line is coming through this evening.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

[ConorMacNessa]

"TAKE UP THY CROSS
AND FOLLOW ME"



"I Vow To Thee My Country"
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
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"I VOW TO THEE, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sure glad the ankle is good again, and the flooding has stayed away.

We just had 2 HUGE claps of thunder...a rarity. One kept going and going. 15 minutes ago it poured for 10 minutes in the back yard and was sunny in the front. The black clouds look like they are getting closer. MORE thunder. I love it. Hope it brings a good steady rain.