http://www.perizahnd.com Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:31:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I frequently have dreams where I dream I’m dreaming. Or maybe I wake up and realize I’m dreaming? I’m not sure….like this one I had last night…… I was on a road trip, going down the interstate, all by myself, pulling a big trailer with another small trailer attached ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=517 I walked into the garage today and saw my car had a flat tire. And so in anguish I cried out with a loud voice, “O God, WHY? Why has this happened to me?” Just kidding. It was pretty apparent why this had happened ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=516 For those who don't know.....Peri Zahnd becomes Miss Lucy when she's in the mountains, and her main man is Mr. Jinks. It’s become a familiar occurrence—the alarm clock going off once a year at 1 am during our family vacation—the wake-up call for the Longs Peak climb. The past ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=514 We’ve been talking about the world, the “cosmos”, and what the Bible has to say about it. John 3:16—“For God so loved THE WORLD” and didn’t send his only son into the world to condemn it, but to SAVE it. However, the same man, John wrote in his ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=515 My grandparents were born at the turn of the century and lived long lives—I used to marvel at the degree of change they experienced in their lifetimes. They were born into homes without telephones or automobiles. I didn’t figure I’d ever see that amount of transformation in ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=513 I've heard it said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die." Ain't that the truth! Dear Lord, I don't want to die! It really irks me that I'm getting older. It seems a giant waste, all this experience that has taken so long to ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=512 I am taking a break from practicing the violin to write this blog. Yes, the violin. It’s been a lifelong desire, and I have just had my third lesson. And I can verify that the comments I have heard all my life about listening to a beginning ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=511 Salman Rushdie, our pet raccoon, has returned--that is, has emerged from hiding, and is once again enjoying sharing meals with the three cats at the back door. The animals are very relaxed and cordial with one another--they seem to be unaware of any differences in species. It's good ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=510 One night last week I walked through the kitchen and glanced through the sliding glass door where Brian was sitting reading on the deck. I noticed one of our three cats, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, eating from the bowl of food by the backdoor, just a few feet away from where Brian ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=509 On Tuesday our church staff put aside our regular tasks to go pick up trash. No, it wasn't glamorous. But I had been aghast at the huge amount of trash that had been thrown out of car windows defiling our fair city, and decided we could at least ... http://www.perizahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=508