I picked myself up an Expresso maker the other day. Although I'm not a huge hot drinks person & would often prefer a milkshake to a coffee, I do enjoy a decent cup of coffee or tea or hot chocolate from time to time, particularly when I'm with friends enjoying the same. Mainly it'll be so people can have a decent cup of coffee when they drop in.
I have to develop my basic cooking skills again. Although I can whip up a decent (by Australian standards) curry or Beef Stroganoff or Chicken Paprika (or probably Bolagnaise if I put my mind to it), I'm really out of practice at scrambled eggs, omlettes, mash potato, potato salad, or any kind of salad, & stuff. I hope to brush up on my basic cooking skills (including learning how to at least cook a damper), start making use of the recipe books I've got lying around & maybe take a course from the Eastern Suburbs Evening Colleges to really sharpen my skills & then start throwing weekly regular dinner parties for a season. Then I'll be looking forward to my next visit to Malaysia to pick up some of those family recipes I've missed out on.
Also I hope to start making a place on my site for discussion about philosophical issues. Maybe a Yahoo group for discussion about what happens to us after we die. I was hoping to use my web site as a forum to air all those views & accumulated wisdom I've been dying to express but don't get the chance since I haven't preached in years (must get around to asking why & if those in authority at Gracepoint don't see my future in preaching after all), and to start putting down those historical events I will one day want to incorporate into an autobiography, but I am also intensely curious about how people from other cultures, religions & points of view understand what happens to us after we die. Often I find my understanding of Scripture illuminated by something from some other culture or perspective. Although my Beliefnet daily inspiration tells me "It's taken me my whole life to understand I don't need to understand everything," I love having a go at it.
Blessings,
Joe :-)
I have to develop my basic cooking skills again. Although I can whip up a decent (by Australian standards) curry or Beef Stroganoff or Chicken Paprika (or probably Bolagnaise if I put my mind to it), I'm really out of practice at scrambled eggs, omlettes, mash potato, potato salad, or any kind of salad, & stuff. I hope to brush up on my basic cooking skills (including learning how to at least cook a damper), start making use of the recipe books I've got lying around & maybe take a course from the Eastern Suburbs Evening Colleges to really sharpen my skills & then start throwing weekly regular dinner parties for a season. Then I'll be looking forward to my next visit to Malaysia to pick up some of those family recipes I've missed out on.
Also I hope to start making a place on my site for discussion about philosophical issues. Maybe a Yahoo group for discussion about what happens to us after we die. I was hoping to use my web site as a forum to air all those views & accumulated wisdom I've been dying to express but don't get the chance since I haven't preached in years (must get around to asking why & if those in authority at Gracepoint don't see my future in preaching after all), and to start putting down those historical events I will one day want to incorporate into an autobiography, but I am also intensely curious about how people from other cultures, religions & points of view understand what happens to us after we die. Often I find my understanding of Scripture illuminated by something from some other culture or perspective. Although my Beliefnet daily inspiration tells me "It's taken me my whole life to understand I don't need to understand everything," I love having a go at it.
Blessings,
Joe :-)
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Monday, June 14, 2004
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