My total pages read for July was 448 which included finishing three books and continuing in one.
The three I finished were Tomasi’s The Leopard, and two works by Kenneth Hagin: The Believer’s Authority and a mini book Learning to Flow with the Spirit of God.
The Leopard is a novel centred on an Italian aristocrat in the middle of the nineteenth century as the revolution led by Garibaldi unfolds. The two works by Kenneth E. Hagin are both biblical and practical.
No, this is not some deep theological or philosophical treatise but instead a declaration that one of our notebooks, an HP Envy Ultrabook 6, is no more.
As far as I can tell we bought it in August 2012 so it was close to 13 years old. It had fairly heavy use in its earlier days - so much so that the monitor hinge broke and we left it open most of the time once it had been repaired.
My total pages read for June was 590 which included finishing three books and started three more.
I completed Flannery O’Connor’s Complete Stories. The book is described by one person as southern gothic. I would add macabre, somewhat bizarre, entertaining in parts, disturbing in others.
I also finished Chuck Swindoll’s Strengthening Your Grip which I put aside in March.
I read Kenneth Hagin’s Healing Belongs to Us and commenced his The Believer’s Authority.
I also commenced reading Tomasi’s The Leopard and John Flavel’s classic 42 sermon series The Fountain of Life Opened Up with the alternative or additional title including “A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory”.
My total pages read for May was 582.
I finished Keith Moore’s God’s Will to Heal.
I started and completed a few Kenneth Hagin books:
I also continued Flannery O’Connor’s Complete Stories. Fear not, the end is in sight!
Back in the olden days (the 1980s), my first car didn’t come with a radio or any music-playing capability. My second car, however (purchased in 1982), did. And with the advent of a car that could accept cassette tapes came an innovation - the mixtape.
At the time I hadn’t heard of mixtapes, so when I cobbled together some of my favourite songs of the time onto cassettes, I gave them the name ‘Various’.
My total pages read for April was 555.
I finished Simon Blackburn’s Think; continued in Flannery O’Connor’s Complete Stories and will continue to do so until complete, and commenced Keith Moore’s God’s Will to Heal.
Last day of photos from our holiday. The next day (day 15) was simply travel home.
Day 14 was a trip to Mudgee in the morning, and a wander around Gulgong in the afternoon.
Day 13 was a travel day - from Forbes to Gulgong via Yeoval and Wellington. The primary stop along the way was to ‘The Dish’, aka CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Observatory.
Three photos of the dish. The last photo shows some apple trees on the site which were grafts taken from the apple tree in Isaac Newton’s yard.
Today’s offerings were all taken around the Lake Forbes area near the centre of the town. If memory serves the lake was used as Forbes’ intermittent drinking water supply but it was turned into a recreational lake and park precinct1.
The lake has a number of pedestrian and vehicular bridges crossing it so you can pick and choose what length of walk to take.
Day 11, Forbes. We began in the cemetery (as you do); spent some time walking around the very attractive city centre and Victoria Park. In the afternoon we headed out to Gum Swamp Wildlife Refuge where four bird watching hides have been built.
Again, photos with limited commentary.
Ned Kelly's sister
Clinging to the cross
