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Sorry not much blogging this week. School ended and I\u2019ve been sort of coasting. Mind in neutral, a few hours each day at school cleaning my office and desk, then chilling out at the pool.<\/p>\n

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I was tempted to buy a motorcycle this week, justifying it as a necessary extra form of transportation for our family, but reckon the money could be better spent on home improvements and maybe a nice piano for our daughter Madeleine, and maybe a toupee for me\u2026.<\/div>\n

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Batteries are now charged, and I\u2019m ready to roll into summer. This week I\u2019m going with Joseph Pearce to the Chesterton Conference in the twin cities. The week after that I\u2019m off to El Salvador on the St Joseph\u2019s School mission trip. In July I hope to attend the Anglican Use conference in San Antonio and then I\u2019m camp chaplain for a week at Camps Kahdalea and Chosatonga near Brevard, NC.<\/div>\n

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I\u2019ve also got a list of stuff to write as long as my arm. Various articles that are on the \u2018to do\u2019 list and I\u2019ve been encouraged to write my spiritual autobiography. It\u2019s got the working title, There and Back Again<\/span>.\u00a0I\u2019ve started it, but I\u2019m always skeptical of the whole process of autobiography. How does one avoid either an ego trip or one of those false ego trips with loads of false modesty?<\/div>\n

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