Central Indiana has been so dry lately that we’ve been begging for rain. Late Sunday afternoon, the clouds were moving in from the west and it was pretty certain that rain was on its way. Steph and I had gone to see Contagion and as we came out, I told her that rain was indeed [...]
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It’s NOT What You Want to Hear at 3:15 AM
Posted in Family, tagged Contagion, Disaster, Dry Wall, Floopd, Floor, Insurance, Repair on September 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
St Louis Blues
Posted in Family, tagged House, Job, Move, Sell, St Louis on June 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sounds like it should be the name of a sports team but it’s actually a description of me over the past several weeks. I posted last month about giving notice and starting a new job. I’m in St Louis now, having started the new job on May 25th. It was a quick start and not [...]
Tobacco Slaves
Posted in Family, tagged Clarksville, Newton, Slave, Smoking, Tobacco, Virginia on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clarksville, Virginia Newton Farm There on the left side of the gravel and dirt road is a large field of tobacco. On the right is a cemetary. Some of the markers are nice, white or gray stones with names carved in them. The names bear the surname “Newton”. These well-preserved stones rest within a fenced [...]