It was a lovely weekend...

with much to be thankful for.

A commitment ceremony in church for a friend and his partner

who have been waiting almost two decades for the church 

to recognize and bless their love.

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I don't particularly follow sports

but the Cardinals are a big deal in this town...

and I love the sense of community that gets fostered

with all the playoff hoopla.

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I was contacted recently by the author of a book I marked as 'read' on my Goodreads page.

I don't think I even reviewed it - although I did give it 4 stars.

It was a first person account of walking the Camino.

A Million Steps by Kurt Koonz.

I enjoyed it.

I never dreamed I'd get a personal 'Thank you' for having read the book -

from the author himself.

We communicated a few times, via email;

he even commented on my Camino blog!

Nice touch!

No matter how engrossed I get in a book,

no matter how compelling the characters are

or how much they stay with you after the last page,

I think about the persons in the book as fixed

and contained only within the pages...

it was nice to be reminded that there's an author,

there's a real person behind the words,

telling his story to the best of his ability,

sharing his truth.

I liked the reminder;

I liked the gesture.

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It was so beautiful this weekend.

I was going to work in the yard.

I was going to take the dogs for a long walk.

I was going to go down to the basement 

and gather up more items for the church rummage sale 

next weekend.

But I didn't.

I did THIS instead.

 I think I should feel guilty - 

but, I don't.

As I said,

it was a lovely weekend.