Retirement Odyssey...R+63

Great May Day Snowstorm of 2017

Our official snowstorm total for 5/1/17 was just a tad under 3". Already people around N.E. NE are speaking of yesterday's weather event in hushed tones of reverence. [ASIDE:  It turns out that since I am a secondary English major, I am allowed to use a plethora of hyperbolization * in my posts.] 

* If that's not already a word, I want credit for it.

The Lawn

Recent weather & a variety of health issues have kept me from mowing the lawn for too long. The weather finally cooperated today, so I intrepidly tackled the front yard. It was a challenge. Imagine grass of such height & width that one had to proceed with great caution for fear of rousting out dangerously wild animals, like European boars. [SEE previous aside.] I am taking a break after finishing the front lawn in order to type this blog entry, also to summon up the courage & energy, both mental & physical, to undertake the back yard, which looks like a more formidable endeavor than the front yard.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Hey, Al! Remember the good old days when we were lawn mowing magnates? Entrepreneurs? I'll always remember my first customer, Mrs. Martens, who lived on the corner, one block down from us. When she asked how much I would charge--a question that caught me off guard--I ventured, "$1.50?" She replied, "Goodness gracious! I've never paid more than 75 cents! I'll pay you $1." Such were my negotiation skills. Then there was the little old lady [can't remember her name], who always told me to put my mower on the lowest setting. I politely reminded her several times that if I did this, her lawn would burn off. She politely insisted anyway. It took me awhile to figure out that if the lawn burned off, I didn't have to mow it as often. She didn't have to pay me as often.

A Theological Question

If it rains on the just & the unjust, does it snow on the just & the unjust? Yesterday's snow storm {SEE first entry above.] got me pondering this deep matter, since across N.E. NE there were snowfall totals ranging from a trace to over 3". A logical conclusion might be that the more snow a community received, the more unjust it must be, yes? My disadvantage is the lack of seminary training, so I would treasury a hermeneutically informed answer from those of you authorized to wear a collar.