[Tim Murphy]

Thanks again to all for prayers and best wishes. Dr. Johnson stopped in for an hour Friday to view my 21 Charles Becks, hear a couple odes, and compare cognac to calvados. He wants me to go to the Mayo Clinic, where my brother sees a professor of gastroenterology for a precancerous lesion of his own. Here is yesterday's new prayer to Alan. Tim

Pathologist’s Report

We forded Baffinland’s bone-chilling streams
near an inukshuk marked le Cercle Arctique.
Wyoming’s Barnard was our loftiest peak,
I fished trout from Montana’s tarns and streams.

Past our horizon, Anegada Reef,
graveyard of inbound Spanish treasure ships,
grilled lobster buttery on my blistered lips,
decades of sailing never came to grief.

My life already boasts sufficient length,
high adventures in the mountainous West,
serious squalls at sea, a skipper’s test.
Cancer? Alan, look down, lend me your strength.

[Max Goodman]

I'm thinking of you, Tim. All best wishes.

[Julie Steiner]

I don't what what to say or pray, Tim, but that's not a problem, according to Romans 8:26-27. So, unutterable groanings!

[Siham Karami]

So sorry to hear this, Tim, but at the same time encouraged at the good prognosis for recovery and the fact its treatment is non-invasive. Praying for your full and complete recovery, God willing. Otherwise “in perfect health” bodes well for you.

All the best,
Siham

[Mark McDonnell]

Very best wishes, Tim.

[Edmund Conti]

All the best, Tim, and keep writing.

[Ned Balbo]

I thought you might enjoy this, Tim. I'm thinking of you & praying for your good health.

https://www.firstthings.com/article/...aphysical-song

[Tim Murphy]

Thanks for the delightful Pinkerton poem, Ned. She wrote a remarkable big essay, 25 pages, on Devotions.

[Gail White]

Adding my prayers to the rest, Tim. And God may be so surprised to hear from Duncan that he'll answer him right away.