Karma Klassen
Had a nice morning and afternoon, just reading the Peterson book. This evening Felicia and I drove to Moose Jaw and went to the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa . It's a fairly well known mineral pool and spa. We were booked for massages. The mineral pool was nice. My massage therapist was named Karma Klassen - I am not making this up. We had a fairly lengthy chat as she worked on my muscles. Her parents just decided on the name - she was karma. The Klassen came when she married a mennonite from Moose Jaw. Turns out Karma attends a small baptist church. Her husband also works with severaly handicapped adults in a care home. I recommended Nouwen to them to read. After our massages we had dinner at the hotel - it was good too. There is a casino attached to the spa. We walked around in it - I don't think I've ever been in a place so bereft of joy. It was the saddest thing I have seen in a long time. Sad people sitting zombie-like in front of these obnoxiously loud colourful machine...