Category: Blog

... wrote in my blog.Almost 10 months, in fact. I suppose it's time to start doing this again.So let this serve as the ice-breaker. I don't have much to write about, but at least I'm writing. Hopefully, I will continue to want to do this.We'll see.-30-

Living in Nashville, Indiana, has tremendous benefits, many of which, however, are also its drawbacks.I can't recall the last time I went to the grocery store and didn't see someone I knew (store employees notwithstanding). And it is impossible to walk down the sidewalk without repeatedly lifting an arm to wave at a familiar passing motorists or pedestrian.Because of this camaraderie, citizens here both celebrate [...]

Tomorrow, the entire congregation of the Nashville United Methodist Church will find out what some others of us have only recently learned.Our pastor is leaving.The decision to depart isn't his, mind you, but that of the Bishop and a committee of District Superintendents. It is,unfortunately, a normal occurence in the United Methodist faith.Tom came to our church about four years ago from Bloomington, where he [...]

For the final time, the name of this blog has changed. I wasn't real pleased with Messenger in the name, but at the time, it was the best I could do. And I was hell-bent on changing it from Observer before much more time had passed.But I believe Hill Country Sentinel to be much more accurate, especially in my role as a full-time journalist who [...]

As a photographer and writer, I appreciate the value of protecting the rights to intellectual property. Copyrights, trademarks and other forms of piracy prophylaxis exist for a purpose.The fact that I chose Hill Country Observer as the original title for this blog was not something I took lightly. I weighed heavily the implications of the words and how they reflected what I anticipated this publication [...]

For whatever reason, the third of April has repeatedly provided me with some type of bad experience.Call it fate, bad karma or just a more intimate awareness of incidents occuring on this date. But since 1974, oddly bad things have happened either to me or around me.The first was a series of tornados 31 years ago on this date, which doubles as my half-birthday, if [...]

I have to admit, this has been one of the more relaxing weekends I've had in a while ... so far.Last night, Friday, we were going to stay in, order a pizza and watch movies. But Loretta (Linda's sister) called and invited us to go bowling in Bloomington with her and Jacob. So we did.The first place we went was called Suburban Bowling. Unfortunately, they [...]

Today, for the first time since well before Linda's surgery at the end of August, I went fishing.I was a little disappointed.I probably should have left work earlier, or just not gone at all. But it was such a beautiful day -- sunny sky, temperature in the 70s -- that I really felt the urge to fish.So I ran by home to get my gear, [...]

We're home -- the vacation is over.I enjoyed this trip, but it was a lot more stressful than I expected. I realize that I brought some of it on myself, but certainly not all. I'm just glad to be back.Saturday was a very eventful day. We spent Friday night at The Old Schoolhouse Inn in Benham. It was exactly what its name implied.Formerly the community [...]

Ahhh … how did we live before the Internet? I write this from Benham, Kentucky, in Harlan County, middle-of-nowhere. There are access numbers for the city of Harlan, but that apparently is a long-distance call from here. And at 50 cents a minute, it’s not worth the long distance fees to post from here.So this entry is being composed off-line and will be posted when [...]