http://bits.8the.net digital connections Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:19:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Me and Mrs Jo We've got a thing going on I'll miss her so bad. She shows me our God. A light before the sunrise To have and to hold. http://bits.8the.net/2008/10/19/in-swan-hill-for-a-couple-of-days/ As I was just starting to drift into sleep last night I had a sort of dream about following / hunting some deer at the edge of a forest at dusk. It was like we were cavemen or something - but with hi-tech tracking devices - or very good noses ... http://bits.8the.net/2008/06/25/oh-deer/ Last week we had a bunch of lovely interesting people come and visit for our open week. Its a great opportunity for some to take a step back from 'normal' life and into an experience of living breathing practical Christian community. Visitors sample our everyday life of learning together, working ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/10/19/the-big-picture/ http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/27/live-in-your-head/ Can I? These are some reduced shots from my phone camera during my daily rides this weekend, and some I have taken with my other camera around home over the last couple of weeks. A camera can't do the world justice. Beauty is intoxicating - sometimes more than I can ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/09/spring-cant-help-itself/ If you're wondering how that could possibly be both true and a good thing, think of Eustace Scrubb in Lewis' "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." love is loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong suffering. love is not nice pictures of sunsets and flowers. pretending that everything is OK is not love. pretending to love is not love. saying that ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/07/love-is-a-room-full-of-razor-blades/ Last Saturday was indeed the first day of spring and did not disappoint. It was a 50 k's of bike riding in the sun kind of weekend. Very very nice. But I need a new bike seat and I'm wearing holes in my pants. Yesterday and today are a different ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/05/talk-about-the-weather/ Here is a glimpse of last Tuesday night's lunar eclipse as seen through clear Dubbo skies - a series of seven eight second exposures over a period of about two minutes. http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/02/lunar-eclipse/ Last Saturday wasn't the first day of spring, but it felt like it. I put on my helmet and pumped up the tyres on my bike and took a ride out along the highway towards Narromine - not quite knowing where I was going. Riding on the highway with cars ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/08/27/whylandra-crossing-ride/ This is in reference to this discussion on Cornerstone Interactive. Please! Not an ipod. The battery will die - which will be a particular pain in the butt on a desert island. At least let me hack a solar panel or something on to it before I go. But more importantly ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/01/05/desert-island-ipod/