Truck and Tractor Pulls

Did I mention that we went to a benefit Truck Pull in Republic, Missouri near Alice's? We had a great time. It was a benefit for a farmer who has cancer. It started at 6 p.m. and ended about 10 p.m.. Alice was waiting up for us and asked us if we had a good time. She was cute.

Since they were playing the song about ticks that I'd never heard before over the loudspeakers, and since Jerry spent the entire trip picking ticks off of himself, you get to enjoy the song, racy as it is. It reminds me of the now extinct human flea of which people used to write about when they wanted to be racy or intimate--"A flea between thee and me". I read all about it in Smithsonian magazine.

Missouri in the Spring

We just returned from Marionville, Missouri. It was quiet, things haven't changed there much in the past 100 years. We enjoyed it, except for the storm that blew down a huge walnut tree and the ticks. We love seeing Alice and love the history of the Swertfeger Family that is there. We feel their spirits in the home that they built, which hasn't changed much since they passed on. Alice is 89 this year.

Perfectly Studying

It's windy and rainy outside and it has been the right day to be inside reading. I am getting ahead in my seminary studying. In two weeks I will be teaching the book of the Revelation of John. It has so much detail and is very cool.

Jerry is sleeping on the sofa, having spent the morning phoning about boy scout donations and going around to collect a few more. This has not been a good year for getting the needed donations. It has taken him 3 times longer that last years, and it took a long time those years. The economy is catching up with the scouts.

We will be visiting Alice in Missouri soon. She has a long list of chores for Jerry. Hope we can do them all. Going there is a step back in time, for sure. I love the quiet there. The house hasn't changed since the early 1960s and some things not since earlier than that. There is not one LED light in the place. Well, maybe on the newer TV she had to get when you turn it on. Most of Missouri hasn't changed much over the years, I guess.

Today I've been thinking about Grant, Mindy and Josie who will be moving to Washington D.C. next week. They have their hands full, I'm sure.