Prior to our recent trip to Lake Chatuge and Edisto Beach, I made a trip to Barnes and Noble to pick up some “I don’t have to think about it” reading. You know, those mysteries and novels that you can read with “half your brain tied behind your back” (sorry, Rush). I picked up a [...]
Archive for June, 2009
An American “god”
Posted in American Wasteland on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lighting and Tomatoes
Posted in Just Stuff on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This spring when we planted the tomatoes, we added a bunch of compost to the soil. This compost had been percolating in our compost bins for over a year. Anyway, this season we have huge plants and tomatoes everywhere. Everyday, it is a battle to keep the plants staked and tied up since they have [...]
Obama Derangement Syndrome and Iran
Posted in Iran on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think Michelle Malkin coined the term, “Bush Derangement Syndrome.” BDS required that every liberal or centrist reaction to everything that Bush did was negative. It didn’t matter what it was. If Bush said anything, it was a lie; if he did anything, it was wrong. It got to the place that it was really [...]
My First Feast of Corpus Christi
Posted in My New Catholic Life on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was my first Feast of Corpus Christi. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity conducted a procession through downtown Augusta this afternoon. I wasn’t really sure what it meant, but I participated anyway. It was strangely moving. One of the writers at Catholic Online explains it a lot better than I can.
“After having received [...]
A Week of Red Clay and Sand
Posted in Bluegrass, Travel on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I decided to blog, I chose the title, “Red Clay and Sand,” because I had lived in the Sandhills of South Carolina and the red clay area of Georgia. Last week, I lived a real Red Clay and Sand Week. On June 5 and 6, Kathy and I attended the Georgia Mountain Roots and [...]
