Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Rats! I couldn't find a picture of grits and red-eye gravy.
We'll do the ribs later this week...
That's O.K. OT...I shouldn't be so hard to please...thanks fer lookin'!...
It's been bad here for about three years. And they're saying it's the worst drought since the 1930s. Summers get hot and dry, but we usually make it up in the winter and spring. We didn't this year.
Amazing Grace was written by a (former) captain of a slave ship. Some say the melody was one he heard the slaves humming as they crossed. For more info: The Story of John Newton.
As for me, I have two favorite "stories" about Amazing Grace:
One is mine and really isn't that funny anymore: When I first saw Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan in the theater, I laughed when Scottie started playing Amazing Grace on the bagpipes at a Vulcan funeral...
The other is my wife's: She grew up singing and playing the piano in church. Her parents did a lot of visitation to the sick and elderly. Once, when she was an early teenager, they were visiting a woman who was like 104 years old. Mrs. Stormhands sang Amazing Grace. The woman said up and said "Oh my, that takes me back a hundred years..." which of course, for her, it did.
Corin's right on the money...I've done four winters at Quantico at different time in the past 14 years, but this last one was by far the driest...I've been out scoutin' for deer season, (starts in Oct) and most of the creekbeds are bone dry...that means there is very little ground water, and every bowhunter will be lined up on the few creeks where there is water...It's gettin bad...sky is cloudy today, they're predictin' rain, but they've done that all summer and been wrong...
We did that for Corin, Jr. when he was 9. We thought especially since he was an only child he needed a dog. And we got a big dog (Black Lab). Nobody told us how much those things shed.
Had we known that Corin III was coming along, we might have opted for a smaller dog. But "Sam" (sorry, named him before we knew ya - full name is Samuel Adams) is very gentle with the little one, and very tolerant. Still we know he's an animal, so we don't leave them alone.
But I no longer have to tell the dog to stop barking when we leave him out or ask him if he needs to go outside. The 2 1/2 year old does that for us.
We're a little concerned because we've found out the older one has allergies and the little one has asthma. So far though, we're doing okay...
I suppose I could make grits, ham, and red-eye gravy tonight, take a picture of it and post it tomorrow....
It's Corin's breakfast anyway
My Grandma Grace was the Godliest woman I've ever known...taught Sunday school for nigh 'on 60 years...At her funeral, they played Amazing Grace...she sure was, and yes it is...I still choke up when I hear it...
I drive over the "fishing part" of Jordan Lake every day. There's grass growing there now.
Thanks very much.
Actually, I had some scrambled eggses with a little cheese, some whole wheat toast, cantalope and some orange juice. I'm quite satisfied.
However, some spawn of Satan brought doughnuts to work. I can't go near the coffee pot...
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