One of my favorite places is sitting in a rocker on the screened-in front porch of our inherited home fourteen miles out from Spartanburg, SC. My favorite time is early morning just as the sun is coming up. It's too dark out to read but a perfect time and place to meditate on the goodness of our Lord and the beauty of His handiwork. It is not often that the weather is suitable for this but today it was perfect!
After meditaing on the Lord I spent time meditating on my new Russ book and the direction it is taking me. Last evening I spent several hours combining chapters of the book that were in various places into Part I - Earliest Beginnings. In it I try to describe the area where our ancestors lived, where they attended church, and what was going on in the world during their time as well as tell who they were and the date of their birth and death.
It is my dream to visit the areas of Norfolk and Suffolk, England and perhaps even Normandy to see for myself where they lived. However, I doubt that I will have the time or money to do that so I will just have to settle on information I find on the net.
Already I've picked blueberries and pulled some weeds, watered and fertilized my flowers and its only 9 a.m. I think Ben Franklin's old adage "Early to bed and early to rise" is easier to follow as we get older.
I'm waiting today for FedEx to deliver my laptop that was repaired under warranty. I'm thankful that I had the foresight to pay for extended warranty. In a few weeks the computer will be four years old and they fixed it for free! After it arrives and a friend helps me to get the programs loaded into it we will be ready to head for our other home -- the parsonage at Goucher.
The main thing today is getting the motorhome stocked with groceries and the house ready to be away for several days. Also today I will stop by the post office to mail more copies of "From Harleyville to Beulah Land." I am so grateful for the response I have had to my first book
Stay cool!
June
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