Jun 28, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
Days are full at Montreat, highlighted by daily rehearsals for the Music and Worship closing concert. It’s a remarkable experience to sing in a choir of this size and caliber, not to mention the honor of being under the direction of Dr. Brad Holmes. I have...
Jun 26, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
I’m spending a few days in the North Carolina mountains, here for the Montreat Music and Worship Conference. I have walked these great hills once before and so I knew it to be a beautiful and gentle place. Now I also know it is holy. Founded in the late 19th...
Jun 21, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
Sweet Eliza came home for the weekend on Friday, and that in itself would have been enough to make headlines in my quest to add sparkly fun to these fleeting summer days. But then she joined us extra early on Saturday morning, Main Street Columbia’s Soda City...
Jun 19, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
It’s a sport we love, my friend Leslie and I, and one about which we are pretty doggone serious. We spend all Spring counting the minutes until Opening Day–the one designated by Mr. Bill, who watches over and makes the call–that yes, time to...
Jun 18, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
We’ve been binge watching the show Justified, my sweet husband and I, a show we both enjoy but one that offers more than a tiny bit of violence. As we’ve just finished Season One I suggested we take a night off to regain some peace (if you will) in our...
Jun 16, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
It’s a trek we’ve covered a thousand times. But this time–even though it added over an hour to the trip–we made good on a recurring promise. We took only the back roads! Instead of I-95, we saw this. and this ...
