January 28, 2007

• Hey, friends,
  I hope you've had a good weekend. We've had a wonderful one.
  In the past three days, I've:
  gone to a sheep-shearing out in the country at the foot of Gaither Mountain....
  been to Mass with my sweetheart, then out for a hamburger with our new friends, who own the sheep ranch...
  drove down to Jasper, ate lunch at a wonderful little organic cafe, and visited with the owners. The guy is a native of New Orleans, whose family owned a big plantation in years past, and who has been an art dealer, traveling all over the world, before becoming an organic farmer in the Ozarks. There are such fascinating people who end up here. As he said, though, "Many are called (to visit the Ozarks), but few are chosen (to live here)."
  .... drove out to Everton, in the other direction, way out in the country, to visit with our dear old friends the Greens, whom Doyle has known since he was in their 20s. We drank chai tea, ate cranberry and white chocolate cookies, and had a nice visit...
  ...visited with my son Jamie and his friends, who came by to bring back our Jeep they borrowed for their expedition to the top of Boat Mountain this afternoon, and we all admired each others' photos on the computer.
  THEN I still had to write my column for tomorrow's paper! If it turns out okay, I'll post it for you later this week.
  Let me hear from you!
  (If you have the time and inclination, I just posted a new photo album you can click on on the right-hand side of this page. Photos from our outing today on the Buffalo River Trail.)
  

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