Father of Six

It’s 9:04pm ET, and I’m sitting in section 19, box 278, row F, seat 7 at the Yankees vs. Red Sox game in Yankee Stadium. It’s 7-3 in the bottom of the 6th inning, Red Sox.

Lucky.

I’m on my way to New Orleans this morning … Wait, that’s an Allman Brothers tune that’s stuck in my head.

Actually, I’m headed to Santa Maria and Vandenberg, AFB for a day and a half of meetings. I’m looking forward to this trip because I love the climate in this part of California. Maybe I can get some good photos to share.

It’s been raining for three days … and I love it.

I had a pretty good week of work. Our team did a Habitat for Humanity project on Tuesday up near Evergreen. Then we had an all day session to discuss our larger areas of influence. I was a little disappointed in the results of this session, but the dialogue was good. I also had an excellent session with my mentor later in the week. Something good just might come from this.

I’m traveling the next two weeks to close out August. Then I’ll probably stay home until we go to Kansas on September 25th.

My new bike is being put together at the shop. Hopefully I’ll get it next week. I’m looking forward to riding some high mileage. I’m going to need a name for the new machine. Probably need to take a look at it and ride it a bit to understand its character before naming.

On Tuesday past, me, Tami, Becca, and Boomer went to Pagosa Springs for a mid-week vacation. Our hosts we Greg and Chris George, up from Dallas.

Two old friends, together again.

We had a picnic in a park (eating has always been a big deal for us.)

We manage to play a round of golf.

This was Boomer’s first round too. Here I am giving him a lesson.

Greg and I played guitars together.

The Blues Brothers of Slidell, Louisiana.

Lughnasadh, (August 1st) refers to Lugh, the Irish sun god, is the celebration marking the union of the Sun and the Land . Old Lugh (the sun) has not yet waned, but he is entering his Golden age; he loses some of his strength, and thus the days grow shorter and the nights grow longer. The sun is at its hottest; early in the day, but quickly fading. The farmers are planning for the future and cutting their first blades of wheat and harvesting sweet corn. The symbols of Lugh are grains and fruits.

We’ll be celebrating this evening with a vegetarian faux -Chicken and Leek Pie for Brittany and Danielle, and steak and chicken kabobs for Manda, Becca, Howie and Andrew.

I went to the Philadelphia area this week. I like traveling to Philly. My extracurricular excursion this time was a run up to Princeton and a walk about the university campus. I love the library.

Tami is in Minneapolis this weekend. Boomer and I did the grocery shopping this morning, and we’ve spent most of the rest of the day indoors. It’s been over 100 for three or four consecutive days. Yuck.

There are two boxing matches on tonight that I’m going to watch. None of the combatants are particularly appealing, but there is some potential for serious violence. The bouts are on HBO and Showtime.