I have been back 2 weeks today

Next blog I promise there will be pictures, maybe.

Lonliness is sort of settling in. I try to keep it at bay, but alas, here I am in a rather small community. I have friends and a couple of parents (who lovingly tell me that soon I will have many people around, as I will be living in community at school in the fall) and a few nephews, who, despite being fun and energetic and always willing to do something, are not fulfilling a little empty space in me. I like to think of myself as able to be alone and occupy my thoughts and time with wonderful 'lone' kind of things - but it's different isn't it - when you have the choice to be alone or when you don't. I guess I am so used to so many people around, like in Kelowna - the place where I said I was glad to be gone from... well, I think that still holds true.
I have been walking most evenings, when the three boys are tucked away in bed (after reading "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" or "The Sheep-Pig" to them of course). I have been seeing many white owls. I also have many encounters with mosquitoes - gotta love 'em!
The other day when I was driving to Demaine to pick up a lady before church, two moose crossed the road in front of me. When I passed the little valley that they ran into I saw that they were not just two moose, but they were twins. I saw the mother there too, looking much larger. I was quite pleased with myself having seen them, as if I had something to do with them crossing right in front of me.
I find myself singing (Bug, you will know how exactly I am singing) -
"Ooooooooh...
The Lord is good to me,
and so I thank the Lord,
for giving me
the things I need,
the birds and the bees (really? oh my!),
and the apple trees.
The Lord is good to me!"
Amen.