Ah, Saturday and just got done with my Bible Guys class on Zoom. We took on one of Christ’s miracles, Healing A Man’s Withered Hand. The story is told in three of the four Gospels. Matthew, Mark and Luke reported on it. It is interesting to me to see how the three accounts vary depending on the author’s sensibilities and priorities. Luke was definitely attentive to the details of the physical situation and that lead to an good discussion. He was the physician in the motley crew that Jesus picked to be Apostles. I asked well, what do we know about what it meant to be a doctor at that time in history. We had to admit that we didn’t know much but that this ability to observe and capture detail seemed to be his superpower.

It wouldn’t hurt us to practice becoming better observers. I remember after getting back from Spain I could see an ant wink. Moving at three kilometers per hour did a lot for that. And observation and paying attention, which we know is important, are closely related.

Ah, and I need to report on more news about my clinical trial. I did say on Thursday that they could shut down my trial because they might consider it too expensive to keep it open for the last participant. Felipé, last man standing or last man walking. Anyway we heard that we got financial aid to cover the cost of the drug if we had to start paying for it. Clinical trials are a freebie. So, slipped through that wicket. Another celebration!

I have been working on the Elk Hotel which is our expedition tent. We, Wiley, Jamesie and I, are trying to get our gear organized for a couple of hunting trips up in the Cascade Mountains. One in September and one in November. We totally missed any trips last Fall as we were all too busy. Now we are doubly motivated to make it happen this year unless the area slips back into a Phase One Covid Response which would probably cancel it all.

Had a great Zoom yesterday which was a Phil’s Camino documentary QandA with the Cancer Support Community in San Francisco. It was fun and rewarding. There were too many attendees to run it as a standard Zoom so we were on a panel and the host asked us the questions submitted. So we weren’t actually seeing the real folks. Which worked but is another degree of separation. Anyway, I kind of swashbuckled my way through that. And you will be able to see that if you wish as it was recorded and I may be able to get you the link here in short order.

So, kind of a newsy post today. Remember today Annie has the Zoom with some or all the pilgrims from Walking the Camino, Six Ways to Santiago.
It was already this morning and then is at 3PM Pacific.

after while crocodile loves, Felipé.