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Russell Plunkett

There is more to life - Than just a chance to live.

There is more to love - Than just a chance to give.

There is more to work - than just a chance to earn.

There is more to life - and life's your chance to learn.

From birth to death there is a need to grow.

To learn each day - something we did not know.

To think each night - when all the lights go low

What did I do - where did I go - what did I sow.

Seed must be sown for a harves to reap

Life's fields need tending - like a shepherd tends his sheep.

a careless day - a lesser time to know.

The fruits of life need more than chance to grow.

There is more to light - Than just the break of day.

Light is life - it should not waste away.

Sight - a gift - that in this light we see

The fruits of life - To be picked by you- by me.

Waste not the time that is your chance to taste

The joys of life the careless seem to waste.

Short lived - our turn to live this life at hand.

Think deep and make the world

Your Promised Land.

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Hi everybody. I found the poem above yesterday at a thrift store. A little bit cheesy, but I appreciated the main idea overall, especially the final line.

Andy and I have been watching episodes from the TV series Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman. It is the documentary of their motorbike adventure around the world, from London to New York via Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, the USA, and Canada. It is some of the best TV-watching I've done in a long time. Not since watching Little Miss Sunshine have I been so impressed with movie/TV versions of entertainment. I recommend it to everyone I know. Thanks to our friend Tim in Portland for the recommendation of this series some time back.

Andy and I are going to stick around the apartment quite a bit this weekend. We're hosting an Apartment-Warming Party next Friday night, so we've got a few things to finish unpacking and some arranging to do. Plus, my friend Liam has sent Flat Stanley to Melbourne to visit us, so we're going to take him around to see some of the city's best sights. For those of you wondering, "Who the heck is Flat Stanley?" - Flat Stanley is a 2-dimensional character in a young reader book series. Liam's class back in Portland is studying geography by sending Flat Stanley to people they know all around the world, and requesting that information and pictures about Flat Stanley's destination be sent back to the class to learn from. I am super excited that Liam chose to send Flat Stanley to visit us! I'll be sure to post at least one picture of Flat Stanley in Melbourne on this blog soon.

Have a great weekend everybody! Cheers!

Love, Christy