Clear and 30% chance of rain

Friday, 20200131 and I was out on the porch early enough to watch Linea Lines vessel Progreso 326x55 glide past in the darkness, her tug standing by just around the turn. Small, a container ship, she's scheduled to leave on Sunday. Weather 55° 81% humidity, cloudy and clear, 30% chance of rain. 

Now back inside, 70°F 55% here by my window on the Bay, munching blackberries and raspberries, finishing a cup of black. Favorite place on Earth, 84 and counting. Prayer for you, whoever you are: that you get to this age and enjoy Being as much as I'm enjoying this moment.

Cleared of furniture, which is littering the inside living space, the porch has been pressure washed, the balcony rail covered in plastic, and the deck taped and covered with heavy thick paper prepped for painting.

The Beck side is clear, the only scaffolding still standing is around the stairwell, and stack 19, the peak, and around to the Bay side.

POD: walk, breakfast, to my office at the church for a bit, including grab a couple of those heavy, thick blankets that commercial furniture movers use to cover and protect their cargo. A mover left them with me at some point maybe thirty-five years ago. Need them from time to time, including over this weekend.

Before you ask, the responsive psalm for Sunday is Psalm 15:

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbour.
4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD.
5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance.
6 He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent.
7 Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

It's about my own humility and generosity, and especially about how I treat other people. Think about it in terms of the Baptismal Covenant: Are you respecting the dignity of every human being? Are you now? Really? Think again.

T 

Upstairs apartment on Apalachicola River: for another lifetime, a notion of heaven