Summertime and the livin’ isn’t easy!

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy …..
So says the song written by George and Ira Gershwin, but I have to admit that I have found summertime to be anything but “easy”!
Around church we have (as I am currently writing) a whole passel of kids running around Avalanche Ranch taking a wild ride with Jesus.  The [...]

No Longer on the Road

We have returned from Ireland.
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to keep up the block as I had hoped.  Our host B&Bs did not have internet availability for guests, and some places lacked internet cafes or WiFi hotspots (Doolin, in County Clare, for example — there is an internet cafe in the town activity center, but [...]

On the Road in Ireland – Day 1

Greetings from the Republic of Ireland!
The flight Philly – Dublin – Shannon was uneventful except that we were surrounded by the forty-voice choir from Lockhaven University (PA) who are ona nine-day concert tour of Ireland. Nice kids, but a bit rowdy.

We got speedily through passport control and customs, rented our car (an Opel Corsa), [...]