Randal, plain and simple

Better late than

Thought I had posted here on Mataroa more recently than the blog list shows, but guess not. Some over on Bear and on social accounts and FMag. Is all right, the world didn't end.

¶ Started this, give it a follow if you're on that service: Power for Today

¶ We have a reason to be sad, but many reasons, greater by far, to be glad.

¶ Written earlier on social media: Decisions can be hard, but necessary. On the other side comes relief.

¶ Slowly does one's self erode in the manipulation and oppression of the agressor, until it's gone. To get it back can be a slow process. Patience!

¶ Quiet is a quality to be highly valued.

¶ A couplet: Take time off, an afternoon out, / A leisurely walk on a winding route.

¶ Have a poem to send to The Scattershot Report. Wanted to leave it a few days, since it's deeply personal, to make sure it strikes the right tone.

¶ Copied from a 40-year-old devotional booklet:

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¶ Was gratified and grateful to see this baptismal certificate sent me today by a brother in Christ. He's kept it all these years.

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For now, that's all! Come back again.