Last night I did not sleep very well. I was awake at about 1 a.m., tried to get back to sleep without success, and decided I would get up to read The Book of Mormon section I had planned for much later in the morning. While writing the date in my study notebook, I was reminded that 41 years ago today I received my patriarchal blessing. Examples of such a blessing are found in the last few chapters of Genesis, for those of you not familiar with our Latter-day Saint terms.
In reflecting upon this blessing in recent weeks I have come to realize that my sojourn here in Salt Lake City has provided me with some insights regarding certain aspects of this blessing that I probably could have gotten in no other way. I now feel quite peaceful about the fulfillment of those parts of my blessing that have always seemed totally out of reach. I am so glad to have come to these realizations.
The day started out chilly, in fact the heaters, which I have set to 55, came on this morning. I decided to make flax seed crackers. I made a few more changes, in procedure mainly, and they turned out very well. What I did differently was to add the salt and some minced garlic and a bit of celery seed to the boiling flax/water mix. Then I added basil and oregano. Once the crackers were mixed and spread out on parchment-lined pans, I sprinkled a bit of sea salt on them. They baked nicely in about 2 1/2 hours, and I had some with my lunch and some with supper. Yum!
As I was going to the Library, a little rain started. As I walked to Choir practice at 4 it was warmer and the sun was shining--I almost stopped at my apartment to leave my coat, but thought better of it and I am very glad I did! As we left choir practice the clouds had returned and rain was coming down.
Choir practice went pretty well, even though our choir director's wife got to lead the women's sectional practice by default. She did very well, I thought. I enjoyed singing In Hymns of Praise and If You Could Hie to Kolob, and even the new piece, The Spirit of Elijah, which has a few very unusual harmonies. We did not get to sing the piece from The Messiah, And the Glory of the Lord.
Tonight at the Library I attended a class in Zoning. This is a pilot indexing program in which old newspapers are scanned for information relating to births, marriages, and deaths, in preparation for the records to be indexed. My first batch included newspaper pages from Southern Indiana, with some death notices apparently from close to the area where I lived as a child just before moving to St. Louis! Very interesting work.
Tomorrow will be quite a full P-day, but it ought to be good. I do hope the rain stays away!
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