Diary: Out early shopping and sad tidings:

~~I am out right after breakfast, report my shopping and on the passing of a fine colleague.~~

I was out for my paper, Globe and Metro-Star, a chilly walk in the shade with a breeze, however we’re headed for above seasonal temps this week!

Yesterday I spent about 120$$ at Safeway for my monthly shopping which worked out to 4$$ per item on average. When I started here in 2003 that was about 1$ per item! I priced my groceries in Zeist, NL the same way in 2002, which worked out to about one Euro per item or about 1$20 for here then.

In the mean time I have reduced my meat consumption to about half with the recommended three meatless meals a week. This helps my stomach and my wallet, two flies in one slap, as we say in Dutch!

Eddie still had breakfast with us last Monday a week and now we are to commemorate his life.

Also yesterday my old colleague Angus send me the sad tiding that our colleague Ed Bunn had past on, with a service to be held around supper time today. Eddie still had breakfast with us last Monday a week and now we are to commemorate his life. Such is life at our age, but Eddie left us suddenly last Sunday on the way to church.

I worked quite closely with Ed when both of us were programme supervisors. I was a newbie and his advice and guidance were welcome to me, was easily given and very practical. Thanks Ed and I know you will be at peace in the place of your belief.
Later at noon I plan to meet friends at the Knox United and may stop at the ShelfLifeBooks for a look around on the way back.

Writings: Conjunction essay considered:

~~I conclude to write an essay instead of using daily ‘Writings’ to work out the new insight mentioned yesterday in the Diary section.~~

This insight relates to how Existence Divine can be combined with other religions with Christianity as an example but needs to be worked out.

A word on the new insight I mentioned yesterday in the Diary section. This insight relates to how Existence Divine can be combined with other religions with Christianity as an example but needs to be worked out. I feel that ‘Writings’ tends to be too choppy a format for a systematic development of such a fundamental idea. Therefore I will use the essay format instead and put a link to this essay on my home page in the active link section, using the preliminary title “The Christianity and Existence Divine Conjunction”.
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