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The Destination
Jesus does more that take us to heaven He brings us next to (alongside of) the Father. The Father is the destination.
“Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too.”
John 14:6 TPT
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Thankful
A while back I decided to make an effort to be more thankful. And to that end I started a list on the iPhone Reminders app and I get a daily prompt to put something on the “Thankful” list. Now not every day gets and entry but most do. Another facet of this initiative is to monthly review the list to remind me of all the things I’m thankful for.
As a part of this month’s review I thought that once in a while I’d share one of these “Thankful” items on the blog. First up is this one.
Easton is my Grandson and this phone call was quite out of the blue and I don’t normally get any phone calls for the Grandkids so this was kind of special. The tree fort is at the lake and for me this meant he was thinking of good times at the lake and planning for more good times in the future. ?
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Subscriptions will be the death of us
How many do you have? Seems innocent enough, just a few dollars a month or as they used to say “pennies a day”. Some of you are saying “What’s a penny?” ?
Seriously, add them up, it’s killing us by just a few more dollars every month.
In my Instagram feed I get lots of ads now like everyone and one that I’ve seen many time was for the reMarkable tablet, note taking with a pen and paper feel. Being a bit of a tech junkie I looked a bit deeper. How much does this reMarkable thing cost?
Well, right now it’s about $549 CDN plus all the shipping, handling and taxes etc. but check out the subscription hook!
To maintain full functionality of your $549+ purchase there is a $4.99/month subscription! A subscription that will slowly increase over time or take a sudden jump like my YouTube premium subscription just did from $17.99 to $22.99/mo.
So reMarkable, no thanks.
The subscription model? Death by a thousand cuts.
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The Good Shepherd
The good Shepherd knows the way, the path, to “green pastures” and “still waters”. Pastures and waters He will use to “restore our soul”. Psalm 23:2-3
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Is Amazon less expensive?
Apparently, not always and as the saying goes “It pays to shop around.”.
So, I’m looking for something simple, a v-belt for the aquarobic air pump at the lake. You used to be able to just pop over to Canadian Tire and pick one up from an extensive collection, not any more, they don’t have any!
The V-belt in question S.W.R. Industries a nice Canadian company with good products. Where are your local distributors now?
The company sells on Amazon and direct from their website as well. I like to buy three at a time to have some backups on hand. Here is the breakdown.
Description
Cost
Shipping
GST
PST
Total
Amazon (SWR)
$14.95, 3 for $44.85
$6.95
$2.37
$3.31
$52.99
SWR Website Direct
$4.46, 3 for 13.38
$22.62
1.80
$0.00
$37.80
Same product, same company, big difference. Hmmmm. ?
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PressReader – a hidden gem
So, I was at the Winnipeg library yesterday picking up a couple of books that I’d requested and while I was there I thought I’d pick up a couple of magazines for some casual reading. I picked up a copy of Popular Mechanics, a magazine I had a subscription to thanks to my grandparents for most of my childhood. As I took it off the rack I noticed this sign.
I knew that many library materials were available digitally and I’ve used Overdrive’s Libby to read and/or listen to these digital resources. I found that these apps on my iPhone or even the largest screen iPad Pro was a little difficult. There is typically a lot of scrolling and zooming to make the text readable so I generally gave up on reading library materials on the iPhone/iPad and stuck with the Kindle for reading digital materials.
Enter PressReader! the app is amazing and there is a very good chance you can use your local library card to sign into this app and read a huge number of magazines and newspapers for free!
The best part is the interface. Read in the original published format or tap an article and it pops up in a window where you can focus on just that article in a scalable font that you can adjust to your liking and even have the article read to you! Super cool! And even better it’s a Canadian company, how good is that!
Tap on an article… 
… and get it in a nice scrollable window with scalable text Check it out on you iPhone and or iPad. If you’re a newspaper or magazine reader you won’t be disappointed.
p.s. also available in a browser
