kimberly

Well if Saul/Paul was hallucinating then give me some of that. Was his hallucinations involved in the writing of the epistles? There may have been some PJ involved.

Hello, Roy, my brother. I sure am glad we have folks like you. You make up for the daydreamers like me. This is how I have heaven figgered out for the short time we will be there. I am an eternity in paradise believer. O. k. we go up there for the hallelujah hip hop in the big sky. We see our Lord face to face and know even as we are known. I imagine myself wrapping my arms around Him looking deeply into His eyes and saying, "It's about daggum time. What took you so long?" We laugh together and He says, "Daggum it, Kimberly, I knew you were going to say that." We explode in a roar of laughter. I mean after all He knows me so well. We dance and I hold Him as firmly as He has held me all my life. I tell Him, thank you, my Lord, thank you, thank you. Then some years later, we, the members of His Body, stand back and watch Him open up a can of whoop foot. So shall we ever be with the Lord. I can live with that. That is just the way I think of that stuff.

Brain, now that I re-read your post I think I understand a little more. I was being a smarty hiney in my previous post. I am one of these that has to read stuff and think about it. I didn't do that when I read your post. I am sorry I was so flippant. People don't take Elvis sightings seriously. They only wish it was so. Before you know it there will be Michael Jackson sightings. There has yet to be a sighting of Martin Luther King, Jr. I can't imagine why. He passed before Elvis. And of all the greats in our lifetime....JFK. Why are there no sightings of him? Heck, I have grown to the point in my life if someone wants to believe in this or that who am I to argue with them..? Live and let live. I am ready, though, to give answer as to why I belive as I do. Life for me is all about loving folks...may not agree with or believe with but I know one sure thing...next paragraph... Life sucks the big green weenie (a family definition) sometimes and a lot of the time for a lot of folks. Right or wrong people hold on to what holds them. That is faith. Having lived so much of this big green weenie I am right there with everybody.

I am a greens kind of girl!!! Turnip greens (minus the turnip, yuk) and collard greens are a winter staple for us. Bring on the pot likker, baby!!! I am gonna research the beet thing and how to grow it in my area just because you attest to the greens, waysider. Never let it be said that I let a greens get past me.

Believing? Sorry, I wasn't allowed to do that according to twi doctrine. My mog husband did that for me.

gc, how do you cook beets? I have never grown a beet in my life. None of my family has ever grown a beet. I do love me some pickled beets, though, that I buy at the grocery store that come in a glass jar. Funny how it is that beets are not customary in our area so I have never had an occasion to prepare them fresh. I do see them fresh in the produce section, periodically, and am willing to try my hand at them since I know they are so good for us. Crazy too, that here in the south hardly anyone knows what an artichoke is much less how to eat one. Even heard someone comment, "Artichoke? Isn't that what them foreign cars do when they won't crank?" Darn it!!!! I should have titled it Beets Me!

Wolfman's prior expressed desire must be on another post/thread that I missed... which would not be a far flung thing for me.

32 years!!!! Congratulations, sweetie, to you and Mr. Garden.

When referring to the herb garden I meant the annuals. I broke down and watered/fertilized the dill and basil. I am hoping for a comeback. The perinnial's (sp?)are forging on. Nothing seems to faze them. Oh, I planted Crowder Peas this past weekend. The mean little beetle that likes to forge on them is now past.

Bramble, so sorry about your garden. Our weather has been crazy too. This time of year we are accustomed to the feeling of a hot wet towel wrapped around the face when we are outside. But it has been so mild. The temps only in the high eighties and low nineties and not the humidity we use to. I have a feeling August may make up for it with a vengeance. We have actually been driving with the windows down. Picked butterbeans today. One thing I have noticed this year with the early rains concerning the herb garden. When it produces, it produces then is nearly spent when the rain slacks.

Deep questioning.....waiting... (the Final Jeopardy tune is playing). Ain't been asked one yet. Deep question, that is. Lovies.

Wait a minute here, I must be missing something...not an impossibility with me. Where are these bbq's? Is this the Texas or Brit thing? Ya'll are bbq'ing without me? Helloooooo......

gc, where I live you have to grow it in the county to sell it at the county farmer's market. I cut the herbs, wrapped twine around portioned bunches, attached a price tag to the individual bunches, plopped all of them into small buckets of water and off to market I went. I gave instructions on how to keep them fresh in the fridge and how to dry them. Yes, waysider, it is time once again. I remember that!!! Has it been a year already?!?!! Mercy sakes! Can't can a tomato if I wanted to out of my own garden. What a voracious appetite we have for maters. We won't starve for greenbeans and squash. The butterbeans are beautiful. I felt the pod and the bean needs to fill out a little more. There is a lot of flowers on the plants, also. It amazes me that beans and peas thrive in lack of rain. Just like last year.

Whatever town you choose I heard on a news report or read just a week ago, can't remember which so as to cite the source, that Colorado folks are the healthiest in the country.

As I have mentioned before my dearest friend for more than 30 years is an ex-wayfer. As a matter of fact she is the one who "witnessed" to me. twi plays no part in our friendship. Really never did. Jackie and I live in the same town and hooked up some years ago. We were in a way home together a lifetime ago. She is a true genuine person. My precious Stan and Claudia live in the same town as well. Now you want to talk about real... true... genuine... folks!!! I don't know where my life would be without them. There is none other like them. Our love for each other runs deep. So, yes, I suppose I do "run into" ex-wayfers....

gc, black eyed peas are for luck and collard greens are for dollars. I plant enough collard greens the end of August to last us all winter long. Oh, honey everybody, I have maters and more maters. There is no greater delicacy than a homegrown tomato sandwich. So far, I have blanched and put in the freezer 10 quarts of greenbeans and 4 quarts of squash. We have to quit eating the tomatoes so we have some to can. There was bushes of Dill, Basil, Italian parsley, Tarragon, and Thyme to sell at the farmer's market. Because the new herb garden was so prolific I decided on a whim to give it a try. All the herbs were sold. All of the cut Zinnias and sunflowers were snatched up within minutes. All this has me thinking bigger and better for next year.

Rum, gotta remember WG spent time in Charleston. Red beans, black beans are very traditional there. It comes from the Gullah culture and influence still very much alive in that area. Beans and rice are very much a main staple in the south. Gotta have some corn bread to go with it. Cooked different depending where you are from. Where I grew up there was always biscuits, too.

gc, yippie skippie, the good ole heat and humidity of the south. Love it!!! Happy to have you back.

I am more interested in how they knew to sew. What was the needle made from? What did they use as thread to sew the fig leaves together? Why did they choose fig leaves to make aprons? Was Adam's apron just around the waist and Eve's the kind the Waffle House waitress wears? Did the apron cover the back side so as not to show the buttocks (buttocks as in Forrest Gump.. did I spell Forrest as in Gump correctly?) Oh, many of life's wonders.

Oh, Leafy, my heart goes out to you. It is truly sad. I know how much I love my furkids. They are members of our family.

I am 5 weeks today quit smoking. Some years past I smoked 2 packs of short hump Camels a day. Then I quit for about a year and smoked clove cigarettes for 10 years until 5 weeks ago. I always said I would quit smoking before I had grandchildren. The motivation was the look on 2 children's face when they saw their father nigh unto death in ICU because of his life choices. I decided then I would never do anything to cause my children that anguish and fear. The look on their face still haunts me.

ooohhh, come on outintexas...hotdogs, popcorn, peanuts, crackerjacks, bbq, apple pie. The top 3 winners of this contest are not obese. I was surprised the one hefty dude was not ranked. There ain't no rules how we celebrate our freedom, day in and day out, unless you want to blow off somebody else's hand.

Oh, Shellon...I don't know what to say. Words fail... And I thought I had reason to be angry... Even though I did not suffer the death of a family member I know your anger and how you were treated. The question was Does anyone grow old in The Way Internationl? Does anyone grow, period. I don't think so. The rules and regs and dogma and brow beating and thumbing down was, well, just that. twi yapped and yapped and yapped and etc., etc., infinity... about the Love of God, the Household of Faith, the Family of God, God is Love, we gotta love each other, look out for each other, stand with each other, infinity again and again... twi yapped it but had no idea about love and loving and helping each other and above all standing by and with each other in ALL times. There was no unconditional love. No love, period. None whatsoever. Not saying there wasn't love between lots of us (truth be told, still is :)) but you know what I mean when I say twi.

Picked more greenbeans and yellow crook neck squash today. Just noticed today tinksie tiny butterbeans. Still waiting for that first tomato sandwich from my garden. Yes, my garden produces tomato sandwiches. I dun tole ya I got some bodacious compost. Twinky, did you ever get your garden soil tested? Can't purchase creosote anymore, right? Used that on the railings around the horse pens in my other "life."

Well, my 4th of July is complete. Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest was on, of all channels, ESPN. The coverage leading up to the fierce competition was hilarious. It showed the top two guys and them having their game face on, as the announcer so seriously put it, before the chowing. I am still chuckling. I was entertained until they actually started forcing wet dogs and buns down their throat. I have a weak stomach when it comes to people foaming at the mouth with what looks like regurgitated food. I gag if someone talks with food in their mouth and I see it. The boy thought it was hilarious. Must be a guy thing.