Took the day off and caught up on stuff. Made a trip out for errands and stopped by an antique store I visit regularly. Made a serendipitous purchase ($10) of a Parker 21, Mark II model with trough-style clip. This began production in 1951, and went through the mid-60s. It features a hooded octanium nib, a more popular-level (=economical) than the very popular Parker 51, of which I have two. This pen has a blue barrel, and a lustreloy cap. I needed to adjust and smooth the nib, then gave a good cleaning, and polished the barrel and cap. It's now writing beautifully!
Bible reading for weekend Nov 1 -- 2 Nov 1 -- Hosea 7 and Psalms 120-122 Nov 2 -- Hosea 8 and Psalms 123-125 ================ "Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing." (Hosea 8:12) THE RESULTS OF SIN (ch 7-8). Notice the words and metaphors to describe Israel's sinful condition: they are surrounded with, and proud of, their evil (7:1-3); like adulterers in the heat of passion (7:4-5); their anger is like a hot oven (7:6-7); they are like a half-cooked (one side only) cake (7:8); their strength is gone (7:9); they are like silly doves easily trapped (7:11-12); they are undependable like a warped bow (7:16). In spite of all of this they are so proud of themselves! (We might say they have a strong self-esteem.) They have spurned what is good (8:3); they sow to the wind and have no real fruit (8:7); they are a useless vessel (8:8) and a wild donkey wandering alone (8:9); they regard God's law as a strange thing
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