Thinking

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I’m starring out the window at the slowly melting snow, drinking tea, and just kind of enjoying this moment. Green as the grass that might grow on the 23rd Psalm. That is green. It is the green that Josh Ritter is talking about in his song Rainslicker. I wonder if that kind of green exists anywhere this side of glory. Katy Bowser talks about being “So Nostalgic” for heaven and I wonder, is heaven the kind of place you can really be nostalgic for? I want to correct her, to tell her what she really means, but I think that she has said exactly what she wants to say. The feelings she has for heaven sometimes are much more like nostalgia than they are like anything else. I trust this is what she means because even though I can’t explain it any better, I feel the same thing sometimes.

I guess that is enough for today. I really appreciate the letters and phone calls I have gotten from so many people back in Lawrence. Washington is a great place, and I’m truly enjoying my job, and yet…and yet. I’m having one of those rare moments where I just don’t know what to say other than I love all of you. Take advantage of the fact that you at least can pop by and see each other. You can talk over coffee, or go for a walk. Don’t waste that.