Akin family

August is quite a month in my extended family. Thirty-three years ago it was the month of the race.  Who was going to be my parents' f...

I bet you thought I forgot! We only had a few suggestions. There was Milton.  I am not re-reading Paradise Lost this year. Romeo. ...

Do you remember our company that we had back in the fall? Or the company that came calling earlier this summer? Guess what?  They'...

Summer came this past week, with high temperatures and afternoon and evening thunderstorms.  It was a reminder that while I may be seeing so...

I grew up in a rather large manse in Greenville, South Carolina.  There were five children (one year six) in the family and we needed the sp...

I shared a walk down Memory Lane with my dear Aunt this morning.  This is one of my favorite pictures of my Grandpa (my Mom's Dad).  Whe...

I wrote the other day about going back to my old habit of reading Proverbs each day.  On Monday of this week I came to one of my favorite ve...

Mr. Marvelous and I had a marvelous time on our annual trek to the World's Longest Yard Sale.  We did not find as many items this year a...

I have promised that I would post pictures of what Mr. Marvelous and I found at THE Yardsale last weekend.  I will get to that tomorrow.  I ...

I got a call this afternoon that my cousin Dan Carlton died this afternoon.  Danny is finally, completely and eternally healed.  He is in th...

I have gotten back to the habit of reading a chapter of Proverbs each day.  It's fun how it works out to go through and match the chapte...

This view is starting to change. I am beginning to see just a hint of color I am sure that this is partly because it has been dr...

Because I write my posts in the evenings and schedule them to run later, it is late and I am tired and lazy.  Too lazy to get up and go take...

Mr. Marvelous and I are off and running early this morning.  He has a doctor's appointment and then we are headed north to the World...

Yippee!!  It is August.  Do you know what that means?  Well besides being hot and humid in Alabama. It's time for The World's Long...