Jo’s Jovial Jolly Jocular Journal

Ryan is very smart
He can make diagrams on the computer
And he likes tofu and pancakes
Now I will get 100% in my essay because it looks so swish
I would marry you if you weren’t practically my brother
Oh Ryan you are so smart

Have had many an in depth conversation with Emily about suffering recently. We seem to keep coming coming back to it. How do we respond to it? How do we pray about it? How do with live with the knowledge of it?
Had Lesley over for dinner last night and somehow we got back to the […]

I can feel that excitement bubbling up in me.
It is the spring excitement that is stored up all winter, rugged up in beanies and scarves and warmed by the fire.
When the spring comes it bursts forth in expectation.
The sun, the smell of fresias sets me off.
Today I am wearing a t-shirt and shorts inside my […]

The only good thing about Tom being away is that we can make extra spicy food without feeling guilty/sorry for him.
A Great Laos Feast created by Ryan and Libby in the recent past only took them 5ish hours and was So Super Super Good.
The End.

A few years ago Jem learned the recipe of Trace’s Magnificent Sticky Date Pudding.
She then had a sudden spree of sticky date pudding two nights a week at least.
After some weeks I realised that even the thought of sticky date pudding made me feel sick.
I had that very sad illness of over consumption.
So tonight Ryan […]