IrishOboe

May 1^st is a holiday and it was also Ascension Day, which is a holiday, but since they fell on the same day, we only got one day.  It was a pleasant day, so I’m not complaining.  Stephan organized a hike to the castle Dorneck where we met up with a few more folks from church and enjoyed a barbeque before the rain hit.  It was lovely to go hiking again and we caught a glimpse of Swiss culture to boot.  Traditionally, the men of the town march around the local borders and fire guns to symbolize their readiness to defend their land.  Hopefully the video is small enough to upload so you can enjoy it.

2008-05-01_DorneckHike_firing.mpg

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Puzzle #1: What event does this picture reveal?

Puzzle #2: When did this happen?

[Stephan's pictures added later] 

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Obviously I haven’t had a class canceled in a while as it’s been super long since I’ve gotten a chance to write.  Life has been by no means any less exciting, despite a drop in frequency of performances.  Still, I’ll make you wait for it as I try to catch up chronologically.  [Haha, I didn't wait] The good or bad thing about writing about events much later is that I tend to write much less because all the details aren’t as fresh in my mind.  Here goes . . .

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I won't have time for an update for a while, but to keep yourself entertained you can check out the five star hotel I'll be staying in.  Don't ask me why there's never enough money for poor musicians and then they put us up in a five star hotel, but I bet you're not refusing your refund check either.  Interesting things of note lately have beeing watching elephans fight (or play?) at the zoo.  There's a place where you can peek in from the outside and the Stephetc. club and I caught the action on the way home from Bible study.  I also got to see a helecopter lift cargo to a nearby roof.  It was quite a shock to be sitting in class and then see a construction cone drop from the sky.  Hat's off to the teacher and the students: we all stopped to watch.

I had some classes canceled again today, so I figured I should continue the trend of catching up with updates since soon I’ll be having more adventures (likes a trip to Italy) that will prevent me from writing and provide lots of material for future posts.

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I woke up this morning to find that my morning classes had been canceled.  I decided to celebrate by writing an update before prepping piano lessons and getting some practice in – which otherwise wouldn’t have happened today!

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I am behind on my book reviews as well as updates, but I’ve started a book that I can’t keep quiet about.  Thanks to Stephan’s IVCF friend for the recommendation and to Stephan for ordering it.  I was immediately drawn in because Chan asks good questions.  The second sentence of the book is “Is the church to be seen as an instrument to accomplish God’s purpose in creation, or is the church the expression of God’s ultimate purpose itself? (p.21)”

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