Monday around here was another day of measuring, hauling, and installing doors. I found out that you can’t trim the bottom of composite doors, so I have had to buy wooden ones (which weigh a lot more) and trim the bottom of them. So far, every door in this house has been a [...]
Archive for September, 2007
These “doors” ain’t a rock group
Posted in Home Improvement on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Where are the “white” Baptist Churches
Posted in Religion and Life on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today was Discover Saint Paul’s Day at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Augusta. In addition to lunch, the church provided displays sponsored by the various committees and organizations of the church. While I passed on joining the youth choir (something about age and talent) and dodged any involvement with the nursery (something about [...]
Welcome to the world, Abigail Brooke Stephens
Posted in Family on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
That miracle that defies understanding or explanation happened again on Thursday with the arrival of my newest Granddaughter Abbie. The daughter of Jim and Marcy, she weighs 7 pounds and is 20 inches long. Welcome aboard, Abbie and here’s to a peaceful, loving, wonderful life.
Fantasy Football, Season Three
Posted in Just Stuff on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is a lazy Sunday afternoon-at least everyone around here is being lazy. The cats and dog are lying around sleeping, Kathy is reading a book on the porch, and I am messing around with my fantasy football teams. This year I have three teams: one in a private league, The League of [...]
The Parris Island Parade Field, June 1969
Posted in Poems on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men shall see visions.
The Hebrew prophet Joel
The bleachers were filled with future survivors,
With those who had been left behind by a decision
To follow the call of dutyhonorcountry.
For weeks, [...]
