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on March 30, 2016

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Raul's Day
March 30, 2016

My brother Raul

1947-2016

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The Edge of Lunacy

HOW NOT TO SHOOT THE MOON While relaxing in a patio of a coffee shop, I noticed a group of young photographers at the far end shooting something with their cameras mounted on tripods. It seems that they were not getting it as they would moan, curse or sigh whenever they chimp to see the results. I looked to see what they were shooting and it turns out to be the moon. As I listened as they shoot, I noticed the long exposure times: they were probably metering off the darkness! They were surely getting an overexposed white blob instead of the moon. I pondered if I should walk over and show them how it’s done, but no, I decided to enjoy the show and allow them to hopefully figure it out on their own. Then one comedic and serendipitous accident happened. One of them must have pressed the pop-up flash button and whatever mode his camera was on must have defaulted the shutter to the flash sync speed. He shoots—the flash goes off—he chimps…surprise...

What Ever Happened to Job’s Wife?

You know the story, a man named Job suffered traumatic losses where fortune, family and health were wiped out almost simultaneously as a result of some divine event—but I’m not about to discuss as who is responsible for the "what's" that happened and the “why’s” behind the morality of this story. Job virtually was left alone save for four friends who initially consoled with him and later struggled with the moral issues that I do not intend to deal with as earlier mentioned. Instead, I want to raise the question of Job’s wife. In the midst of the calamity, loss and death, she somehow survives and stays around to annoy her husband. “Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.’ But he said to her, ‘You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?’” (Job 2:9-10a). The only profile we have of her is Job’s reference to speaking as a “foolish” woman. His wife, a...

Agua Santa

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