Day 5: July 5

Today would have been my brother Donald's 65th birthday. Don died a couple of years back, and there are times when I really miss him. He would have enjoyed talking about my research and my writing.

I spent two hours looking for copies of journal articles that I knew I had stashed somewhere and that were important components of my research. They were, of course, in the last place I would have thought to look.

Broad St. UMC has been on my mind a lot today. I'll miss everyone tomorrow at church, for sure. But I'll be at St. Paul's UMC in Ithaca - a vibrant reconciling congregation. I'm sure I will enjoy the experience of worshiping with the people there, as well as the lunch and hike to which I've been invited afterwards. (There's nothing like hiking in Ithaca!)

My brain hurts, but I've only got three more pages to show for it.