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“You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves of your heart — your stories, visions, memories, visions and songs. Your truth, your version of things, your own voice. That is really all you have to offer us. And that’s also why you were born.”
Anne Lamott

“You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves of your heart — your stories, visions, memories, visions and songs. Your truth, your version of things, your own voice. That is really all you have to offer us. And that’s also why you were born.”
Anne Lamott

Home Again

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We arrived home safely after 11 hours on the road. It was not a bad trip. Ann drove  a lot and I got some sleep along the way.

dsc07965.JPGOur time with family in Destin was great. we did get out fishing on Friday. The fish were slow but we caught some. Ann was on her first deep-sea fishing experience and caught the first and the largest fish of the day. The water was almost calm so we did not have any seasickness.dsc07966.JPG

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There a lot of things going on. I am looking forward to the coming weeks. We are going to Iowa to help Clark and Vanessa with their move tomorrow. I start my temporary job at U of L on 7/23. We will be getting started with Crossroads Missions in the midst of all that. Of course we are hoping our house will sell and if it does we can add the excitement of moving. I will post more about our trip later.

Un-beached

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We are on the down hill side of our vacation. I am really enjoying the family and the activities. Yesterday was the first day we did not go to the beach. Everyone else needed some relief from the sun. Dan and his boys, Scott and I went fishing on the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier. We had a good time and everyone but me caught fish. Dan was the champion. He capped his day off by catching a Remora shark. The funniest part was Grayson caught more fish on his “Star Wars” rod and reel than all of us with “real” fishing equipment. Melissa, Madison, Tanya, Meredith and Ann went on a Dolphin cruise and had a great time. Byron and his boys went to the “Track” amusement park and they rode gocarts and other rides.

We had a great meal last night. Shrimp and chicken shish kabobs off the grill. Played Imaginiff and then made a late night run to Krispy Kreme. It was a hoot. Today we will head back to beach, I suppose. Tomorrow morning is our re-scheduled fishing trip.

Good news, bad news

Received word on our van. It is a bad water pump. I describe it as analygous to being 75 years old and receiving word you have cancer but you’re not going to die. The bad news is that it will be very expensive and you will feel really bad. Also there is no guarantee that you won’t die from something else shortly. But, as my son-in-law reminded me, it is only a couple of months car payment.

Catching Up

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It has been several days since I have posted and there are several things I want to share from our trip so far. We spent Friday night at my Aunt Imogene’s. The highlight of the evening was the AMAZING CORNDOG. Jerry’s dog, Lucy loves fresh corn. She will go into the garden and pull an ear, shuck it and eat the kernals. There appears to be no end to her appetite.

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Saturday morning we had breakfast and headed to Destin Florida. Everyone made it safely and we are enjoying our stay. Saturday was Jerod’s birthday so we got to celebrate with him. Our van has a problem which is yet to be diagnosed. It could be fatal. I’ll hear tomorrow. The beach is spectacularly beautiful. Sunday morning we had a charter fishing trip planned. We got up at 5:00am and headed out at 6:00am but the seas were so rough that we came back in and re-scheduled for Friday am. I was disappointed because Carter and Lori will be leaving Tuesday and they were planning on fishing. Most of our days have been at the beach. The kids are doing really well and having a great time. This is prime vacation time here so there are lots of people and traffic. Here are some pictures:

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Nashville

It is a beautiful cool morning as I sit outside on the Arnett’s patio. I have enjoyed the time here. Especially visiting with friends and relatives. What lectures we attended have been good. Lipscomb University is in the midst of a major construction project but the campus is beautiful despite that distraction. Today we are traveling to Alabama and a visit with Aunt Imogene, Jerry and Kelsey.