It’s a mju day, it’s a mju life, it’s a mju world. And I’m feeling good.

My brother is visiting so I took him to the Jewish coffee shop and cultural centre. One of my favourite spots in krakow.

Visiting graves on All Saints’ Day.

Back from Szczyrk - Polish mountain town

I spent the last week with my family down in a Polish mountain village going on walks, enjoying hearty food and making ample use of the Hotel pool and playroom. It wasn’t easy at times with two small rooms which meant we had to spend our evenings in the dark once the kids were asleep, but it was well worth it. And not bringing any work or projects with me was absolutely the right idea. I’m well rested which is exactly what I needed.

AI training in action.

Death Cab and The Postal Service last night.

London 23/08/2024

Walking in the countryside

Some neighbours were throwing out a coffee capsule machine, so now we have one (and it works fine).

My family went to a local Alpaca park this weekend. How was your weekend?

Sidenote: I really love using a mirrorless camera even if i missed a few images due to manual focusing — it’s an old lens.

New lens, who dis?

Took me a while, but I finally finished my sketchnote summary of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer.

Homemade pizzas night is the best! (My daughter always wants to make hers like a cat face)

This is Szczyrk, Poland.

This is Poland.

Actual footage of me before and after drinking coffee.

Earlier this year I read Gospel Allegiance by Matthew W Bates. It argues that the greek word we frequently translate as “Faith” might be best understood as Allegiance (even though Bates acknowledges that Pistis means faith/faithfulness/trust. This was a detail I missed in my first reading but caught when preparing the sketchnote.) The standout parts are where he breaks down Paul’s explanation of the Gospel in 1 Corinthians and explaining how works are necessary.

I really enjoyed making this one, mainly because I love any excuse to use a gold leaf layer in procreate.

Over the weekend I got this £5 rip off Apple Watch band. I love it. Great colour, great feel, secure fit.

A change to my morning routine

For the longest time I’ve put coffee on first thing in the morning; not anymore. We got coffee beans not grinds recently and — combined with the changing on the clocks that have made my kids finally not wake me up at 5 every. single. morning — I now have a little pause first thing. So I grab a glass of water, do a meditative prayer, and then read while hand grinding my coffee. The coffee is so much better than the store ground or when we used our blender to grind it.

I’m extremely grateful to regain this moment of silenced and stillness at the start of the day. I’ve been struggling with feeling so rushed but starting slowly is the perfect cure.