Fire

It's burning season again, and while it's fascinating in it's own way, I think I'm ready for it to end. All around us there are black fields and big spaces that look like charred earth, probably because they are?! All day, all night, burning, burning, burning. Well, probably not ALL night, but things are still burning at 10 PM, so who knows? The smoke can get overwhelming, and at times it's as if the whole town is covered in a layer of smog. "Is it sunny today?" "I don't know, but it's smoky!" My allergies have had enough.

Stuck in Leviticus

Reading through the Bible in a year always has a few roadblocks for me. It's hard to bring my big Bible that has each day's reading marked by date with me when traveling. Also, if I miss a day or two, it's hard to catch up. Each day's segment contains a reading from the old testament, one from the new testament, a Psalm, and a Proverb. It takes me about 40 minutes to read each day's section. So, if I need to read two day's worth of material in one day, well, it's hard to have the time to do it in one chunk. The biggest problem for me, though, is what I'm dealing with right now. The old testament reading is currently from Leviticus. I'm fine with Genesis. The genaeology gets a little bit hard to follow, but overall, I'm okay. Exodus gets a bit more tedious. The building specifications are sooo detailed. But Leviticus. I can barely get through it. All of the sacrificial directions for specific animals---ugh. I find myself skimming the words when I get to this kind of stuff, and unfortunately, "this kind of stuff" is the overall theme of Leviticus. I'm determined to get through it, but I may return to veganism before I do!

INFP

Years ago, I took the Myers-Briggs personality test in graduate school. My score, of course, didn't surprise me. After all, I intuitively perceived that I'm an idealist! Anyway, I recently took an abbreviated version for fun, just to see if anything has changed, even though I already knew the answer, of course... It turns out that I'm in a small (tiny!) minority, although in good company, which to an INFP is really all that matters.