... without taking sabbatical time or even a faithfully taken day off each week. There were countless reasons to defer investing time and energy into anything other than the church. Occasionally, Kim would ask himself: Who am I becoming ...
... Answering the call of nature required a visit to the outhouse; we didn't get an indoor toilet until I was two. The recent ice storm has reacquainted me with a taste of roughing it, though without giving up the luxury of a flush toilet ...
... without taking off my coat . The evening stretched before me . Long , drawn out and alone . Allowing my head to slump back against the cushions I stared with unseeing eyes at the ceiling . Sitting here feeling sorry for myself would not ...
... pick up some ponchos for the men, because otherwise it would be pretty cold to sleep that night without any kind of protection. For a couple of hours that afternoon I scrounged the beach and was able to get at least a poncho for every ...