Conception Abbey

Here for the night at the Benedictine Monks. Marian Hall. Great gift shop.

Long bus ride

Nice driver

Good Conversation

Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet with Fr Redfern.

Discussion on Incorruptables

Compline with the Monks

Q&A with Bro Cyprian

Retired Archbishop of Dubuque Jerome Hanus in residence here. Although not present at this time.

Exhausted

Knees not as bad as I thought they would be.

08.21.2023

65⁰F clouds SE@7mph SR0618 SS1957

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee good

The knees are a challenge this morning. I suppose it will be this way, so I offer up all my knee discomfort for the souls in Purgatory.

We are off to Gower,MO, to see the remains of Sr. Wilhelmina. It is going to be a hot and humid pilgrimage. Hopefully, this will lesson the line and wait time.

Watchman will spend time at J’s.

Know you are prayed for.

08.20.2023

68⁰F muggy NNE8mph SR0613 SS1959

Morning Offering given

Village Sunday morning peaceful

The man sleeps

Watchman out and in

Coffee good

I’m putting this out there once again… GET RID OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME! It serves no good purpose any longer. Let us get back to the basics… SUN TIME. Where our bodies were made to be. In sync with nature’s way of marking time.

Many thanks for a real tastie supper last evening, goes to my neighbor B.

Wouldn’t it be nice if all politicians acted in the best interest of their constituents and the United States? Went to DC, worked hard, and retired after their terms expired instead of making a career out of it. The entire process has become a sham. It doesn’t have to be that way.

It seems power goes to people’s heads. Even here in our little village, the power seekers identify themselves with puffed up egos. Swaggering thru the marketplace with the signatures akin to prominence dancing in their head.

We humans have lost our humility. Which isn’t unusual considering that since the beginning, we have refused to practice that virtue. Most days, we refuse to acknowledge our superior abilities in some areas, are God-given. Therefore, allowing us to wrongfully believe we are entitled to our arrogant, prideful behaviors.

Of this, I am guilty. Daily, I choose to forget God’s superiority. Pray for me.

Know I am praying for you.

08.19.2023

66⁰F clear SSW@14 SR0612 SS2000

Morning Offering given

Village open for business

The man gone home tonight

Watchman napping

Belated Bithday greetings to sil- DC

Birthday greeting to nephew JC

Finished with O2 monitor

4hrs (18 squeezes) left to go.

Couldn’t deliver eggs, no one around at pick up place. Left them a note to find different driver on Monday as I will be gone.

Delivered dressed chickens.

8am called and cold PTL

Copy project to work on after 1.

Public Radio/TV… very biased left leaning programing. So much for serving the public. Should be canceled for spewing misinformation and alternative lifestyle grooming.

Know you are prayed for.

08.18.2023

50⁰F clear SSW@8mph SR0610 SS2002

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee good

The man sleeps

Watchman  out for business, in for breakfast.

Did I mention they found nothing behind my knee or in my wrist.  Apparently, the wrist is just swelling, and the 30-year lump is just the way things work. At least now I know.

The man leaves.  Will return tomorrow night.

I have a rather large bunny under the front porch.  Wonder how long he’s been there.

The boy is stopping in this morning.  Will be good to see him.

Have a bit of office work to get done.  Need to take someone over to her mother’s this morning.  Have a Dr. Appt about 11.  That will be my day. Well, except for the normal everyday stuff that needs doing.

Pondering a plethora of ideas whipping through my brain this morning. Upcoming garage sale and the moving of items from upstairs to out in the garage. First, the garage must be emptied to set up the tables. That will happen after we return from Gower, MO, on Wednesday.

Rambling, I know, old habit of mine.

Know you are prayed for.

08.17.2023

65⁰F misty NW@17mph SR0609 SS2004

Morning Offering given

Village wet

Baby call… too close to take…girl… pked up midwife helper. She will go home in a couple hours

Message to deliver, copy work to do, tires

The man up north

Watchman sleeping

Know you are prayed for

08.16.2023

52⁰F stars SSW@14mph SR0608 SS2006

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee  smells wonderful

The man sleeps

Watchman has been out and done his thing. Now he’s using his sharp little claws to climb my back, who knew young puppies had claws to hang on.  He has also found his voice.  He barks and growls.

Today I wait, for my car to get 3 new tires. Then I’ll be new all round, including the spare. The new 4 wks ago that had a nail and was patched will become the spare. This brings me to those toy tires they call spares. I know, I know they said it was to give you more room. Horse pucky! It was to be able to downsize their expense while increasing yours. Those little things may get you to the closest service station while driving less than 35mph, then making you a road hazard and open to a driving under the speed limit ticket.

Yikes! I’m not liking that train of thought at all. However, with all the other downsizing (they say no price increase), one wonders. I mean, how could they think less in the package and keeping the price the same is anything other than a price increase?

Looking forward to the pilgrimage on Monday. We are feeling exceptionally Blest to experience this in our lifetime.

https://media.benedictine.edu/why-visit-sister-wilhelmina-my-encounter-with-the-uncorrupted-body-of-a-foundress

Know you are prayed for.