According to today’s title, you may have thought it meant a story about a whale or maybe the whale’s physical tale – either way, you’re correct! Orca whales were seen off the starboard side of the ship all morning and into the afternoon as we sailed toward Alaska. If you would have told me that…
Dink. The crew member handed back my passenger ID card as I stepped onto Holland America’s ms Westerdam for the first time. The feeling of being on a ship again was exhilarating! Pulling my carry-on luggage behind me, my mom, sister and I weaved around the hallways of the ship to our stateroom. This was…
The PA system fizzed on the aircraft, alerting flyers that the pilot was about to speak. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are currently flying over Washington and if you look out the windows on the left side of the aircraft, you can view Mount Saint Helens…” “Ooos,” and “Ahhhs,” followed, but that wasn’t the only…
The grey clouds hanging above the hotel seemed to grow darker as noon approached. The moment I stepped in the shower, the tornado sirens blared their warning of woe. Not exactly a good day for an outdoor Gospel Sing, eh? But over the years, both the fans and proprietors of Beacon Park learned to conquer…
The last night of the Indian Creek Memorial Day Weekend Gospel Singing featured a line-up with The Kingsmen, Whisnants and Brian Free and Assurance. For me, the three days we spent in Georgia went by too quickly and I tried to keep the thought of packing up and driving back home at bay. Like each…
The golf cart zoomed from the grass lot downhill to the tent. This afternoon, the sun kept its warm rays shining down on us as a cool breeze wafted our way. There was already a line of folks waiting to enter the tent and the concession stand had quite a lengthy line as well. It…
Over Memorial Day Weekend we packed up and drove to Carnesville, Georgia for the Indian Creek Memorial Day Weekend Gospel Singing. We attended this sing for the first time last year (2014) and fell in love with the area, church staff and atmosphere the weekend promoted. This year they had fantastic talent lined up and…
Yesterday afternoon, I stood on my front porch and watched three baby raccoons cackle as they made their way across my yard. Mentally, I was trying to keep track of what needed done before I left to drive to a concert, but with three adorable masked fur balls in my yard I was a bit…
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 Every evening Todd would open the concert with prayer and a short Scripture reading. The familiar verses above were the ones pondered Friday night. “When…
No tornado sirens…no high winds…and no “gathering in the lobby of the hotel.” Whew. C. S. Lewis once said that nothing happens the same way twice. Something I was grateful for this year at the Great Lake of the Ozarks Gospel Sing in Osage Beach, Missouri. Last year was…quite the adventure. 😉 This year, we…
