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“Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.”
~ Irish Proverb
TIME: 8:20 AM
PLACE: Podunk V2
SUBJECT: Breakfast
One of the bonuses of traveling to Podunk V2 to do laundry is that they have a McDonalds. My favorite meal to eat out is breakfast and although McDonalds isn't exactly fine dining, there is still something magical about it. I toss my clothes in the washer then zip across the street for my Saugage Biscuit with Egg and large coffee, then sit down to read a book.
Odd ... it's when I'm doing laundry that I am most relaxed and at peace.
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“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.”
~ Winston Churchill
TIME: 6:30 AM
PLACE: Home Sweet Home
SUBJECT: Morning
I really do love mornings, and this is usually how I start mine ... even on a Saturday.
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“I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.”
~ Yogi Berra
TIME: 8:20 AM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Train
The train tracks go right through Podunk - across the main drag. My morning commute includes crossing these tracks, but seldom includes waiting for a train. I love it when I'm the first car at the tracks - the feel of the power of the train - listening to it's rhythmic "gait." It was a great way to start my morning.
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“If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?”
~ Will Rogers
TIME: 12:30 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Goose
Another sign of spring ... the nasty, hissing, better on a dinner plate than roaming the corn fields critters are back!
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“The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot.”
~ Jay Leno
TIME: 8:00 PM
PLACE: Church
SUBJECT: Journal
One of the things I believe makes our middle school ministry such a success is the complete media immersion. Even the journals, a guided bible reading resource for the week's teachings, look more like comic books than they do church literature. It's not easy grabbing the attention of a 13 year old these days, yet we manage to do that about 300 times over each week!
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“The sign brings customers”
~ Jean de La Fontaine
TIME: 1:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Sign of Spring
We have very few restaurants here in Podunk - in fact we have more bars than restaurants. We do have Chick 'n' Dip though. It's a 50's style diner with the best broasted chicken, milkshakes and dip cones in the Midwest. It's a seasonal joint, closing in November and opening in March - March 6th to be exact. This is one of the earliest signs of spring we see here, and I couldn't be more excited!
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“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years.”
~ Mark Twain
TIME: 6:30 PM
PLACE: Home Sweet Home
SUBJECT: Fourteen
He made it ... but more impressively, I made it!
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