We all arrived back in Lexington around 8pm on last night. The journey home went quickly with a beautiful sunrise and sunset over the mountains.
In Janet's email this morning to our group, she wrote:
"I woke up this morning thinking “is the coffee ready? Who else is up? What’s for breakfast’”only to have to come into an empty kitchen, no warm smells of coffee, no wood fire, or eggs cooking, but such is life in Lexington."
I think we are all feeling a little aimless without eating, working, talking, and laughing with 12 other people. But our group is looking forward to next Sunday when we can share our trip with the congregation. It will be a fun and joyful service! At the linger lunch program, we will share our slides and additional stories of the trip. You can catch a glimpse of Tim's house, it's new porch roof, a sunrise over the hills of the Folklife Center, some flat foot dancing and much more!
Thanks for keeping our group in your thoughts and prayers all week. We felt the spirit of God with us and the support of the congregation during our time together.
Thanks for all your comments too!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
A Voice of My Own
I hate to out Andy and he's tired of me reading over his shoulder.
Just so everyone knows, this is who we really are:
Andy is one Dandy Dancer.
Bill is one big Ham.
Dana is a surefooted Prancer.
And this trip is one big Scam (to relax and have fun) (only joking!).
Thad is never really bad,
Sally doesn't snore,
Ruth lifts us when we're sad,
and Brian, the Brain, is never a bore.
Carol sings like a Lark,
Charlotte cooks up a Storm,
David walks barefoot through the Park
and gets Harriet to keep him Warm.
Larry is missed by Lisle,
and he carries himself with a lot of style,
And me, what can I say, about me?
Janet
We miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry we can't add pictures.
Just so everyone knows, this is who we really are:
Andy is one Dandy Dancer.
Bill is one big Ham.
Dana is a surefooted Prancer.
And this trip is one big Scam (to relax and have fun) (only joking!).
Thad is never really bad,
Sally doesn't snore,
Ruth lifts us when we're sad,
and Brian, the Brain, is never a bore.
Carol sings like a Lark,
Charlotte cooks up a Storm,
David walks barefoot through the Park
and gets Harriet to keep him Warm.
Larry is missed by Lisle,
and he carries himself with a lot of style,
And me, what can I say, about me?
Janet
We miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry we can't add pictures.
All of us Saint's Day
Hello Church Family,
Here we are again. Actually it is Janet and me(Andy) today. Sally and Thad are around somewhere. (We get to go for ice cream at the Pharmacy down the street after our inputs as a treato).
Today we finished work at Tim and Tina's house. Tim was away today and we had a bit too little to do. We had 14 people watching Dale as he built roof over the back porch. Janet says "No we didn't". Well perhaps we helped a little. It is nice to have an architect along. And it doesn't hurt to have a few engineers either for the math. And of course it is always good to have a native American along. Dale did what he wanted to anyway.
Ruth says, "Another fun game of Cranium last night. Testing our 'gnilleps' backwards ability. Also, this morning waking up at 6am to see the sunrise. It was a little early for me but worth it". It wasn't quite so early for the rest of us.
John Wyatt, an Appalachian storyteller (The Appalachian American Specializing in Acoustical Folk, Gospel, & Bluegrass Misic with Stories and Songs of the mountains) came to visit last night and told us many stories about West Virginia. He claimed that they were all true. He was a brakeman and conductor on the railroad for many years and continues as a Baptist Minister serving two congregations and performing a prison ministry. He told us about gettin bit by a copper head snake. He made it back to his tent but failed to get his leg inside the tent before he collapsed. In the morning, he awoke to find himself still alive. He unzipped the tent screen and found a two foot high pile of dead mosquitos. He said that he hasn't been bitten by a mosquito since. (We had some doubts as to the veracity of this claim).
I think we all ate too much candy last night. There were no trick or treaters. John Wyatt sang us a song about the Pumpkin Man who eats little children.
On the way back to the center, we had lunch at the Great Bend Tunnel, where legend has it that John Henry died racing a steam engine to lay track. (John Henry won but died of the effort). We could see through to the other side but there was something on the floor blocking some of the light, perhaps a rock fall. The Great Bend Tunnel is no longer used. The Big Bend Tunnel is quite active though. Dave took some pictures of two trains passing through it. We only saw some maintenance vehicles today however.
Well we are supposed to get back to the Folklife Center to help with some maintenance issues. We should be going. (After our trip to the soda fountain of course).
Andy
Here we are again. Actually it is Janet and me(Andy) today. Sally and Thad are around somewhere. (We get to go for ice cream at the Pharmacy down the street after our inputs as a treato).
Today we finished work at Tim and Tina's house. Tim was away today and we had a bit too little to do. We had 14 people watching Dale as he built roof over the back porch. Janet says "No we didn't". Well perhaps we helped a little. It is nice to have an architect along. And it doesn't hurt to have a few engineers either for the math. And of course it is always good to have a native American along. Dale did what he wanted to anyway.
Ruth says, "Another fun game of Cranium last night. Testing our 'gnilleps' backwards ability. Also, this morning waking up at 6am to see the sunrise. It was a little early for me but worth it". It wasn't quite so early for the rest of us.
John Wyatt, an Appalachian storyteller (The Appalachian American Specializing in Acoustical Folk, Gospel, & Bluegrass Misic with Stories and Songs of the mountains) came to visit last night and told us many stories about West Virginia. He claimed that they were all true. He was a brakeman and conductor on the railroad for many years and continues as a Baptist Minister serving two congregations and performing a prison ministry. He told us about gettin bit by a copper head snake. He made it back to his tent but failed to get his leg inside the tent before he collapsed. In the morning, he awoke to find himself still alive. He unzipped the tent screen and found a two foot high pile of dead mosquitos. He said that he hasn't been bitten by a mosquito since. (We had some doubts as to the veracity of this claim).
I think we all ate too much candy last night. There were no trick or treaters. John Wyatt sang us a song about the Pumpkin Man who eats little children.
On the way back to the center, we had lunch at the Great Bend Tunnel, where legend has it that John Henry died racing a steam engine to lay track. (John Henry won but died of the effort). We could see through to the other side but there was something on the floor blocking some of the light, perhaps a rock fall. The Great Bend Tunnel is no longer used. The Big Bend Tunnel is quite active though. Dave took some pictures of two trains passing through it. We only saw some maintenance vehicles today however.
Well we are supposed to get back to the Folklife Center to help with some maintenance issues. We should be going. (After our trip to the soda fountain of course).
Andy
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