Pay It Forward to Gratitude

While my husband attended a conference in Atlanta this weekend, we met Paul Taubman, better known as the “Gratitude Guru”.  He told me about his blog and I said that sounded like a great post for my next Pay It Forward.  He gave me his card and I said I would look it up and [...]

What I saw in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood

I visited the Martin Luther King National Historic Site and toured his birthplace & boyhood home.  It’s located in Sweet Auburn and the neighborhood has been restored to look like it did in the 1920′s, with Victorian homes across the street from rows of shotgun houses.  It was wonderful to wander the neighborhood and see [...]

Visiting Mary Phagan

While in Marietta, I decided to visit the grave of Mary Phagan at the City Cemetery because it was close to the Confederate Cemetery I was visiting.  Mary was murdered in 1913 and Leo Frank was accused of the murder.  He was later kidnapped from prison & lynched when the Governor commuted his death sentence [...]

Where I re-lived the past

I paid a visit to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park because I love tramping around battlefields. This was a Federal setback on the way to Atlanta by Sherman’s men because Gen. Johnston held the high ground.  It was hot & humid for hiking but evidently it’s an extremely popular place for hikers & runners because [...]

What I saw yesterday

This was my view as I lounged by the pool, swam, and read an entire book while Scott was in workshops in Atlanta. Life is rough!

The Lockhart “Circuit”

Yesterday for lunch we did BBQ in Lockhart while we were visiting in the country. These are famous joints in the bbq world so we took pictures. (I think Outdoor Cooking Magic will have a future post-;) )  We had fun but even with just a little taste at each place, it was a lot [...]

What I saw in Georgetown, Texas

We visited friends of Mark’s, saw cool buildings downtown, did laundry, and ate at Duke’s, where the missionaries used to eat after district meetings.

Adventures in blogging from my phone

I downloaded the awesome WordPress app for my Android to try blogging with my phone.  Turns out it’s easy breezy. So I’m Paying It Forward this week to my good friend alisonwonderland for her idea of quick posts about her recent vacation that I’m borrowing for my phone posts about our current vacation. Thanks Ali!