Wow. The past two weeks have been crazy. But in a good way. On Monday, August 6th, George, Jacob, Luke and I flew to Seattle for JUBILEE’s CD release party. It was amazing! A standing-room-only crowd filled The Triple Door, one of Seattle’s coolest music venues. I wrote about the evening on The Master’s Artist. […]
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I’ve decided to tell the story of the reunion mostly in pictures. You can see/read it here. As you’ll discover, a lot of attention was directed toward a big birthday bash for George’s dad (also named George) who turned 75 on July 13, and for Uncle John who turned 80 earlier this year. Unfortunately I
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. . . having covered more than 4000 miles in our weary old van! And other than a flukey brake issue the very first day (most likely caused by a hose that got yanked when George and Luke removed the running boards before the trip), the van did great. So thanks for praying. I already
A little before 8:00 AM on July 1, George, Jacob, Luke, Brandon (nephew), and I piled into the van and headed north. We caravaned with my sister, Sharon, and her husband who had their mini-van all to their lonesome. Around mid-morning, George said, “So, I need to be thinking about something for your July Jubilee.”
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Hi and Good-bye. (Remember that scene from Sleepless in Seattle? Pretty cute. Gotta love Tom Hanks with early 90s hair.) Anyway, thought I’d stop by and say hi before the official launching of Epic Road Trip, Summer 2007 Edition. Yep, it’s time once again for that tiring, temper-testing tradition known as “vacation.” Which means we’re
Last night we watched Akeelah and The Bee. Yeah, I know it’s old news. We catch lots of movies long after any buzz has died down. (Get it. Bee and buzz? Ha ha. I’m so clever.) Anyway, in case anyone out there is even more behind than we are, it’s a great little movie. I
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A song is playing in my head and has been for the past week. It’s a song Curtis wrote and intended to use as part of his proposal to Grace. He didn’t, but he sings it in concerts. I wish I could link to a recording, because the music, his guitar, and his voice magnify
I’m in Dallas today. Luke flew into DFW from Chicago yesterday, and my nephew graduated from UNT in Denton with degrees in creative writing and music this morning. We attended the ceremony, which was as pompous and circumstantial as you might imagine, but Luke kept it interesting. Let’s begin with his fashion choices: brown quick-dry
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Wow! Where do I begin? As Inigo Montoya so eloquently put it, “Let me ‘splain. No. Is too much. Let me sum up.” Highlights of our trip: We arrived in Seattle Monday the 20th and that evening took Grace and Curtis to dinner at Agua Verde, a cool Mexican restaurant where we joined Daniel and
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I’ve read the book of Romans many times, but I don’t remember noticing that name amidst Paul’s greetings before today. Philologus. It’s pretty much the reverse of logophile (word lover), so I’m guessing it means “word of love” or something to that effect. (We do have some Greek reference books around here, but I’m too