Part of the last post was a need to get some stuff off my chest, I guess. It also helped that I got outside and planted tomatoes, basil, cucumbers and squash. C.S. Lewis once said that there’s no greater salve for the soul than the sweat of honest work, and I think I know what he meant.

Another great treatment for the needy soul is laughter, and I benefited from some of that, too, while outside. There was a huge, fat robin in the yard, and I pointed it out and commented on how fat it was. Someone I’m married to, but who I won’t name to protect her anonymity, said “Well, maybe it’s pregnant.”

Thanks, person I’m married to… I needed that laugh.

There’s repose in books, too… yesterday, we finally bought the catechism, and Wendy also picked up The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton was C.S. Lewis’s hero, and since Lewis is my hero, I look forward to finally reading some of his work. I’m done blogging for the day… I’ll sign off with a quote from Chesterton that I love:

“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.”