Happy Memorial Day All. There's so much going on in
the world, President Donald Trump said this, someone said that about Barrack
Obama, Hurricane Harvey was terrible, North Korea is doing stuff, Climate
Change, Global Warming, and blah blah blah. That's all very interesting but is
not the topic here, well not today anyhow. I'm just hoping to share
perspectives with others, and like my book, it happens to be the world or life
the way it appears to me.
It’s been a few days. How about we catch up...
I’ve been having a good time today, haven’t done a
lot, but it’s been fun. I started the day by going to Target to get some
shopping done and to give my friend Curtis a ride home from work, work for Curtis
happens to be Target. I always have such a good time with him, I don’t think I’ve
ever known anyone that could make me laugh so much. Somehow something as simple
as a short shopping trip becomes an adventure. Actually Target is just his
part-time job, well one of them, he’s also a minister (almost) at our church UCC
– Simi Valley, and a full time student studying theology and graduating soon.
He used to be a standup comic so you can imagine his sermons – you should stop
in some Sunday morning and see what I mean. UCC – Simi Valley is a really
different kind of church.
We haven’t been doing much work in the garden
recently, we being my friend Joan and I. It’s just been so brutally hot! The
season is sadly almost over, the crops are waning, and the heat only made
things worse. I did the announcement during the service Sunday telling everyone
that we have veggies for sale. I enjoy doing that. My little commercial went
something like this:
“Well everyone you know its September and winter is
almost here. Soon we won’t have any veggies for sale – for a while anyhow. So
remember the story of the industrious little ant that worked hard all summer
stocking up on UCC veggies and preparing for winter. Well the cold winter winds
began to blow one day and the grasshopper that had been playing his fiddle all
summer and just enjoying the sun found himself cold and hungry unprepared for
winter. Mr. Grasshopper went to Mr. Ant’s house and pleaded, ‘Please Mr. Ant, I’m
so cold and hungry, won’t you please help me?’ Now Mr. Ant was in a very good
mood with his tummy full of UCC’s fine veggies and he decided to let Mr.
Grasshopper in to have something to eat. They got along so well that they fell
in love, got married, and lived happily ever after. Find out how UCC veggies
can change your life too, on sale in the kitchen after today’s service for a
donation of whatever you see fit.”
Well they seemed to like it. I like to take
traditional stories and put my own spin on them to share the way I see things. I
love my little church and all the people there, we really are a bit different
when it comes to churches. I suppose I’m a bit different when it comes to
people, or so I’m told.
We had Game Night and campfire on Saturday. The
games were fun. We didn’t have a campfire though – it was just so hot! We
stayed inside and played our games until around nine. Usually the campfire
lasts until around ten. Everyone was having a good time. I had a great time.
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