January 10, 2017
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So the first week of the new year is out of the way. Last night I was walking down Central Ave, along the north side of the park. The Christmas lights for the Winter Wonderland of Lights were off. It marks the time for us to return to the regular, cold-hearted people that we really are the rest of the year. I know it sounds cynical, but it is what I thought last night standing there at the corner, waiting for the light to change.
I picked up some videos from the library, then stopped by a convenience store for some Cherry 7-Up. Before I got home, there were two girls, I think they might have been mother and daughter, who asked if I could give them some spare change for something to eat. I dug out two dollars for them. They said that they were going to spend today looking for jobs. They had been to all the restaurants on the west end of town, and I suggested they go to the unemployment office, and then hit the restaurants on the east end. Taco Bell, KFC, Subway (I know the younger girl could get a job there), Tudor's Biscuit World, Long John Silver's, McDonald's, Tim Horton's make up that part of Restaurant Row. I think they stand a better chance of getting a job along that stretch of town. Or maybe they can get hired on for cleaning. This town is not a healthy place to be where jobs are concerned.
Growing up, this town had three bookstores in the area. Ashland News Stand and Game Room, The Book Rack, and Little Professor are all gone. Not sure about the Paperback Exchange. As for magazines, Kroger and Wal-Mart have a poor selection of reading material. Lots of magazines on food, handcrafts, guns, health, but nothing for me. I have to go to Huntington, WV, for reading material.
For future posts I'm going to shoot for a 500 word count. Might do them every ten days or so, except on Saturdays. Other miscellaneous posts will be made here and there based on what I like as far as poetry or photography.
Let's see what happens next.
A brief post script about this past weekend.
I wrote and delivered my first sermon to my home church this past Sabbath. It was the calmest I have been in a long time. I have four more sermons to prepare for this year, and it is possible I will add one or two more to the church schedule. The sermon will be posted in a day or two on this site.
Comments (3)
Congratulations on your first sermon. I hope it was well received, and blessed those in attendance.
@Crystalinne: thanks. it was a small turnout due to bad weather conditions. temperature was down around 10 to 15 above zero.
the sermon itself was my sharing of my testimony. looking back at the path and seeing where I was, and how I got to be here. more to come on that one.
I'll be glad to see you post more frequently regardless of the length! Sounds like you've been busy - giving the sermon would be a little nerve wracking for me. Hope the Holy Spirit was holding your hand!
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