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The Amen Corner
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What a busy, busy weekend!  There was a lot going on this past weekend.  Too bad we couldn't be in more than one place.  I got a call from Dot Tittsworth about the Storytelling Festival in town.  Then there was the Kentucky Derby and another marathon in Nashville.
I spent my weekend (Saturday) in Monterey at their Dogwood Festival.
There is a train, the Tennessee Central, that comes up from Nashville, for the festival. The riders got off and about 100 of us boarded the train and rode about 10 miles out to the salt plant and back.  I took my great-great niece, Kianna Driver, for her first train ride.  We could hear the whistle blowing as it chugged up the mountain and she got real excited.  The conductor helped her off and on the train.  (Hopefully, I can share a pix of her next week.)
I had walked her all over town, so she took a quick nap on the ride back to Monterey.  There were vendors all up and down the main street.  Some of them indicated that they would be setting up at the Fiddlers Jamboree here in July.
The next big news was the capture and death of Osama bin Laden.  I admire the action of the Navy Seals.  Suddenly, I realized that I had met a Navy Seal up at Martha's Vineyard.  Marvin and his wife lived next door to our Jewish friends at their summer home.  He even took us to Nantucket one summer while we were up there visiting.  We were told that when John Kennedy, Jr. had their plane crash at the Vineyard that Marvin, now retired,  volunteered to helpwith the plane crash.  He found John's suitcase which was near  the Gay Head Beach.  Our friends and Marvin lived near this beach.  I guess I didn't appreciate his special job, like I should have.  These Seals are truly heroes.  Remember the pirate kidnapping last year?
An old friend, Bill Maffett, came by our Country Treasures Shoppe last week and brought some of his prints to sell. Bill, an engineer and architect, from Cookeville is a former Smithvillian.
He is now semi-retired and has taken up art work.  He will probably be in the Shoppe during the Jamboree.  He calls his art work, Functional Art.  We also have new items brought in weekly, like other prints, antique afghans, crystal, lawn benches, old watches and much more.The store is open Thurs. thru Sat. from 10-4.
If anyone sees Mrs. Louise Frazier, tell her that some gremlin, ate up all of those delicious bread and butter pickles.
Don't forget the Mail Carriers Drive this Saturday.  We will have the opportunity to place canned goods in a bag for the mail carriers to pick up. This food will be distributed from the First Methodist Church to feed the hungry.  Hunger seems to be a world-wide problem now. This will  only go to needy people in DeKalb County.
Continued get-well wishes to Judd Murphy and Phyllis Bennett. Also, birthday wishes to Marie McBride Hill, a school teacher and wonderful organist.
Take time to laugh--it is the music of  the soul.  Amen.