Vacation in New Mexico was wonderful. I loved it. We stayed at a place called Sunterra de Taos, a little spa and lodge run by a local lady. She gives massages too, but we didn’t take her up on that. This picture is looking outside the window of our “casita.” Beautiful.

Lately I haven’t been enjoying my job. Mostly because we have been short a person (or two) in our department for going on a year now. And it’s finally catching up and overwhelming us. Being in a Christian non-profit means an uphill climb to find the right person who will accept lower pay but still have the skills. It’s crazy hard. I’ve never hired anyone before, so this is a new experience for me and one that I’m not too excited about repeating.

Also, I’ve been super conscience lately about material possessions and how much I have and how much I throw away. Being an American it is so freakin hard not to buy something that doubles its weight in packaging that you just throw away. I try to recycle but why all the packaging in the first place. I’ve been reading Sex God lately by Rob Bell (it’s one of the 5 books I’m in the middle of reading) and he writes a bit about that and it really got me thinking of how I can be aware of this and do something about it. I’m still working out exactly how to. If anyone has ideas or a responses to this I’d love to hear them.

And… I’ve also been spending many waking (and sleeping moments) lately working www.evermeg.com. I purchased that url practically 6 months ago. So… I might neglect this blog til I finally get it done. Thanks to those of you who have “held me to it” like I asked in a previous post. I need all the motivation I can get.

Well friends… I just ran 4 miles this morning during the Denver Marathon. I ran with my friend, Jherysa, who is running the whole thing. I’m gonna go meet her at the finish line now so gotta go. I have a lot of respect for people who can run a Marathon. My puny 4 miles almost killed me.

Woohoo. I’m going to New Mexico. Adam and I are traveling to the Taos area for 4 days. Adam says this isn’t enough time to call it a vacation, but I say if I’m off work and I’m chillin’ with my homey and taking in some peace and relaxation, it’s all about vacation. I’ll post pics and the sort when I get back.

You liked that “chillin’ with my homey” part, huh? Yes, I’m a first class dork.

Thought I’d post a couple links to illustrators that I’ve been looking at lately. I like their stuff:

alexnoriegasketchblog.blogspot.com/
jaimezollars.com/wordpress

And then there’s:

sugarfrostedgoodnes.blogspot.com
Which I haven’t spent too long figuring out what this is, why this blog exists, or how anyone would become a member of the blog, but I look at the pictures and sometimes I say “wow!”

It’s later at night. I’m tired. I’ve had an terribly long day. And pretty much the majority of today has sucked. There you have it. Anyway. We’ve taken a break from the Old Testament lately at our Bible study and have been watching Nooma videos. We watched one tonight about Breathing (Breath) and how constant that is and how God is there as constant as our breath. Hard to see that sometimes. But He is, in a way. Of course, always.

That’s my right brain reflection for today.

Also, I just had a discussion with Adam about art masters. (you people who roll your eyes at my artiness can skip this…) Of course the artist that I find as the most masterful is Rembrandt. And Adam says there can’t be any artist that is more masterful that Rembrandt and he urged me to name one. And I said maybe others could argue Picasso, but I can’t really come up with another one. Maybe you can.

I’ve also been reading this retired minister’s blog. I find many of his reflections interesting. Sometimes hit or miss for me but at least I thought I’d pass it along.

May you get a minor glimpse of peace today. Or maybe a major one?

(BTW… this blog is under a bit of construction… :)