Only day 5 of the Sabbatical and I'm already starting to feel I'm doing nothing and life is passing me by somehow! Maybe I'm just disappointed I missed the rapture today - serves me right for not believing I can fly.
Came home from the duckpond to my nice big computer and fixed a few posts from the week. Now some have photos. Also uploaded some 'music' that I made while I was away - drums, bass, hammond organ, rhythm and lead guitar. Using just my old strat and an iPad with GarageBand - a complete recording mixer far better than the 4-track the Beatles used for Sgt. Pepper's, for instance.
Cover story in Christianity magazine was 'Is your stuff killing your soul?', and had an iPad and some headphones as an illustration. I'd have to answer, 'No.' But I see what they mean. The article was about consumerism in general and didn't even reference the accidentally eponymous gadget magazine. Also read an interesting article about the the Degar people of Vietnam's central highlands. I admit I didn't know Vietnam had any central highlands. Apparently the (Christian) Degar are still persecuted because of their association with the Americans in the war there (the one that nobody thinks was a good idea, including the Americans). The government would be happy if they'd sign up to the official evangelical church, and probably leave them alone. I wonder if that would be like making all Christians in this country sign up to the Church of England? That wouldn't go down well at all. There's probably a CofE parish somewhere very similar to whatever other denomination you might prefer, but still there's always something wrong about 'forced' church. I suppose it comes back to the problem of freewill.
My 'Clarks' shoes were made in Vietnam. Maybe I shouldn't have consumed them.
('Back Home Once Again' is 2 tracks before 'Northern Lights', just about my favourite single ever.)
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