‘The Lord said to Joshua saying’ (Josh 4.1). Sentences like this are frequent in the Bible, containing two forms of the same common verb ámar. One is present and the other is past, yet they take place simultaneously, as though the Lord wants the present ´saying´ to abide in one´s memory.

Another strong snow squall blew through overnight but with little or no wind. Such events are typical as we move towards spring; can get more snow now in little bits and pieces than the entire winter. I left for work the usual time, now the morning shift, around 7.35am, thinking I´d have plenty of time to make the 4 kilometer trek. When I got lest than one kilometer from home, a traffic snarl either due to the weather or an accident, couldn´t tell which. So I decided to turn around and take the other road, arriving just 2 minutes late. From Grafavogur there are two access roads only which can tie things up as was the case today. There´s talk about constructing a tunnel under Sunderhafn, the inner harbor, but that´s years away.

The husband of a co-worker will do my taxes, so gathered the pertinent info and brought to her. Though the deadline is the 21st, Iceland has a very long extension period...compensates for that infamous trait of doing things at the last minute!