Hey xangans!  I’m on a train bound for GA. (a plane, more literally)  This is miss misti freemans wedding weekend and were gonna celebrate! I wanted to write an update, but I don’t really know where to start, or where to go, so this may all be rambling- but what the hay.  Speaking of hay- I have mastered the ways. Well, that may actually be pushing it. I tend to break something on a tractor weekly, which also means I’m learning to fix them too. I’ve spent most my time this summer, when I haven’t been at the restaurant, cutting, raking, raking, cutting, bailing, watching the weather, please don’t rain, oh no! Rain!, dammit, raking, bahaha! You get the picture. It’s been really fun actually, a new adventure, something I never really thought I would be able to do but, turns out, I can! Ill be on my tractor I’ve named her gwyneth, her door is broken and she has no a/c. And she is constantly breaking down, But I love her anyway)  Were selling raw milk, (err, cow shares, if your the government and your reading this) (raw milk (unpasteurized) is illegal, so you buy a ‘share’ of a cow, and you can drink all the milk you want from your own cow. Take that government! Unless your reading this- in which case, SORRY!)  and we have over twenty families now! Two giant coolers! Almost 50 ball jars! Sheesh! (and trust me, that sheesh is heavy!) Were also going to start selling pasteurized milk, were just waiting for health inspectors, all the equipment, we have to buy bottles, we think we might have finally decided on name, and so now we just have to call restaurants and grocerys and farmers markets and figure out pricing and buyers and sellers and ohmygoshthereissomuchtodo! Atlanta is getting closer to my window! I suppose I will  ”turn off and stow all electronic devices” before the flight attendant comes back by and shoots me another dirty look. (my phone has airplane mode lady! Calm it!) I love yall!  Come visit me! Seriously! It’s beautiful.

Ello! Currently on the plane on my way to new Orleans for joshs cousins wedding! Airtran has wifi on board their flights now- which is crazy and awesome. Remember when all you had were books and crying babies? (and ash trays in the arm rests? That ones before my time)

Got off to a late start this morning- Josh was up all night moving hay bails so that his help would have everything they needed, and I took Ella to Michael and kims, they have her sister, Delilah, and are watching her while were gone.. But I didn’t get home till 5a. Had to finish some laundry and packing, neither of us went to bed until the sun came up! So we were supposed to get up at 8 (1hr of sleep) and leave at 9, but instead we woke up at 9:15 and left (unshowered) at 9:30- so I drove it like I stole it and we made it, checked in, parked, and even had time to eat! I told Josh not to worry, I was a professional at running late for flights.. Although I’m not so sure he enjoyed the drive (“YOUR DOING 65 IN A 35!” me: “calm downnn, I promise not to hurt you! Professional – remember?” )

unfortunately our seats are way in the back and even though I have a window seat all I see is a giant blue wind turbine thingy merbob. And the “shade” or whatever keeps falling down, there’s not much of a view, but I still like the sunshine. STAY UP! (this thing falls like every 30 seconds and I keep pushing it up. I feel like I’m getting my patience tested on hidden camera)

so I’m going to meet ALL of joshs fam this weekend, everyone I was supposed to meet over Christmas but didn’t bc of the snow. I’ve already met his parents, this will be all the sisters and brothers and cousins and aunts and so forth. I have two great dresses so I’m feeling pretty good about the whole thing

Anyhow! I’M TAKING PICTURES This weekend of the two of us- we will both be showered and looking fly so I’m snapping as many as possibe- I will try to upload them soon for yall to see.

Hope your all doing well!
I’ll eat some Cajun goodness for you!
Xoxo.

So!

Finally a chance to update! Man, things have been crazy here!

I have never had many issues with snow. Being from Georgia, we never get much if any.. (excluding the fluke of 93.) and when we did get some it was just enough to enjoy, then it went away quickly enough to not be a nuisance.

And then! Chicago! Snow everywhere! All the time! But, with the exception of shoveling your car out after snow plows came through, and parking being a bit of an issue, the city was prepared. The streets were plowed and salted like clockwork. The sidewalks were walkable. While it may not have always been the very best, life was always able to be carried on without much worry.

What I have been dealing with here in northern va for the past two weeks? This has just been ridiculous. There is still probably 3 ft of snow on the ground.

Let me give you a run down:
To get out of the house you have to step up about a foot onto what has become a solid ice block. The snow bulit up higher than the bottom of the door frame, so getting in or out without busting your, ahem.. Ass.. Is nearly impossible.

When you get out and walk the 20ft slippery slope to the driveway, your car isn’t there. Why? Bc im at the bottom of the hill and there’s no 4 wheel drive. So! There are two options: walk up to the barn which is about a quarter mile, uphill, in icy snow, or plan all your trips around when Josh may be coming or going- and enjoy your ride to the top on a John Deere usually the John Deere is my choice- unless I’m going or coming from work, in which case I usually leave when Josh is already at the barn, and get home when he has been done and home for quite sometime. And doing the walk in the dark should be a winter Olympic sport. Seriously.

i had been pretty confined to the farm for about a week or so.. No going in or out, bc even if you could get from the barn to the road, the roads were so bad you couldn’t get 5 feet, and if you could (by some miracle.. But I don’t think anyone tried. It was actually illegal to drive for like 5 days) nothing was open. Nothing. My work was closed for an entire week! And they never close.

So! Since no one could go in or out.. Guess who couldn’t get here? The milk hauler. A nice older Mennonite  gentleman named Albert who comes and empties joshs milk tank when it gets full. Now- Albert came the night before the huge snow. Thank goodness. It took 2 tractors to pull his huge (what looks like a truck that hauls gas) tractor trailer up to the barn. That was after Josh had spent 48 hours with no sleep getting all the snow that he could cleared. Let me remind you, that was BEFORE the big snow. It may go without saying.. But he didn’t make it after the big snow. And it wasn’t for lack of trying. What does this mean? This means Josh had to dump out EIGHT HUNDRED GALLONS of milk. He dumped out an entire paycheck. He poured it down the drain. And what was almost as painful is knowing that those were the milkings that were hard. That was the milkings that we had to do in the thick of it, when we were cussing, and tired, and everything was so much harder bc we couldn’t get anywhere and walking 5ft was a struggle. Feeding grain took forever. Spreading hay was nearly impossible. Bedding the barn was just a hope at the end of the day. All that.. Dumped.

We had two calves born during all the chaos, both were eaten by coyotes. It’s has evidently never been a problem before, but I suppose with this much snow on the ground, everything is starving. 

Albert has been able to make it in since then. I am so thankful for him. He and his son Herman, really work hard to get here no matter the conditions. They’ll come early and help scrape the bad spots, the turns and hills. They’ll call the city to try and have roads done. They do so much. Something to be thankful for.

Things are slowly returning to normal, I’ve shoveled paths to the grain bins and to the calves. The doors haven’t been frozen shut or open anymore, and none of the pipes have frozen. Something to be thankful for.

We’ve gotten tractors stuck pretty much everywhere.. The snowdrifts are awful. I think we’ve finally gotten them all out? The fourwheeler still won’t start, and the skidloader is broken. The part that hopefully fixes it (itd uses to clean the barn. We need it!) is in the mail.. But the mail still hasn’t run. Still. Like I said, ridiculous.

My work is back up and running, we reopended Friday for valentines day weekend. I worked all weekend and then got super sick on Monday and left early, came home with some sorta stomach bug, thought i might die,slept for 24 hours, woke up feeling a little better yesterday, and would say I’m back to 100% today. I don’t know If it was something I ate or just exaustion. Maybe a bit of both?
Finally today I got to do things like, take the trash to the dump, go to the grocery store, the bank, and the post office. All was much needed.

So! im making it! I still have so much news about what’s going on with bottling milk and all of that, but I may save that for the next update! They’re calling for more snow.  
Let it be known: I hattteeee snnoowww.

Josh has been going around (jokingly, acually he’s making fun of bruce springsteens version from the hati tribute) singing “We Shall Overcome” , but I think he’s right. I think we will.

I love yall.
Sars

hello my loves! wanted to update while i had a few minutes. things are so busy here!

things are forever breaking on this farm, soon everything will be new, so things will have to stop breaking. 

so far weve replaced a well pump, then had to reroute a whole room of frozen pipes, and 2 days ago the hot water heater went out, so josh had to pay 600$ for a new one. It stinks that its all water related, and you have to have hot water to milk. (something ive learned.) If theres no hot water, you cant clean all the pipes after you milk, then someone calls you and says the bacteria level is high in your milk, and they dock you about $1000 bucks in your milk check. on top of however much you just spent fixing the problem. Sheesh!

three of joshs best friends from high school came and spent last weekend here, it was really fun! One of them, Weston, just got his vet license, so he spent some time during the days checking all the cows which was really nice.

He also took the balls from all the young bulls. eek! And they kept telling me they were going to cook them and make me eat them- Mountain Oysters. SICK! no thanks. i told dad later, and he said that mom had eaten them before. Any comment on that one momma? i still dont understand why they have to take the lil guys menhood anyway.

Ive been taking care of alot of the sick babies, we had four that were all born during that really really cold spell, and they all had problems. Weston said the mommas must have been using all their energy to keep warm. Weve lost two, one looks great (her name is weeble. shes awesome!) and one is on the fence. Its really hard to spend so much time with the sick ones though, it makes me believe i could never be a doctor. I get too attached.

we had to move calves about 200 yards yesterday, you would think this would be easy, but we were moving the big ones, and they all weigh 3 times what i do- so basically i got drug around by calves all day yesterday. seriously, just imagine me holding onto a rope (that im supposed to be leading with,) but instead im about 10 feet behind, running trying to keep up with this huge calf that is running and pulling me through the pastures. I was absolutely cracking up by the end of it.

it really is a wonderful life.

love you more.
s

 

 

If I were…

If I were a month, I would be early July

If I were a day of the week, I would be Sunday
If I were a time of the day, I would be noon.
If I were a planet, I would be pluto.

If I were a sea animal, I would be a dolphin or a`seahorse

If I were a direction, I would be South
If I were a piece of furniture, I would be a Rocking Chair
If I were a liquid, I would be whiskey
If I were a gemstone, I would be a ruby
If I were a tree, I would be a redbud tree

If I were a tool, I would be a jackhammer
If I were a flower, I would be a sunflower
If I were a kind of weather, I would be a hot days, cool nights

If I were a musical instrument, I would be a banjo
If I were a color, I would be the color blue when the ocean gets deep

If I were an emotion, I would be calm. or calamity
If I were a fruit, I would be a strawberry
If I were a sound, I would be a windchime
If I were an element, I would be iron
If I were a car, I would be a ford ranger 
If I were a food, I would be fresh seafood or bbq

If I were a place, I would be someplace coastal
If I were a material, I would be old barn wood

If I were a taste, I would be salty

If I were a scent, I would be lavender 
If I were an animal, I would be a hawk

If I were an object, I would be a mason jar

If I were a body part, I would be strong hands
If I were a facial expression, I would be a kissy face

If I were a pair of shoes, I would be muddy boots

ilym.

So Ferdinand has been found! and lost again, and found again, about 14 times in the past two days. the lil jerk! hes currently lost but sure to be hiding someplace inconspicuous near his food bowl. You would think a huge bird with a bright blue head would be easy to spot, no? There will soon be a more permanent home built for him, but Katherine is trying to figure out where she would like for him to be. Shes also getting some peahens. that are sure to escape 4 times a day as well.. Lord love us.

I think Ella is feeling better? Katherine says that you arent supposed to talk to dogs unless your commanding them. 

Today while i was at work i was standing around the host desk, and i looked, and there were all these letters from Jackie Onassis Kennedy to my big boss (matildas mom) Dana. Apparently she used to stay at the Red Horse all the time and loved it! How stinkin cool! I love Jackie O!

 

Oh! Sidebar: i rented ‘Away We Go’ and watched it last night- it was a little strange at some parts, but the the story of it, the theme is so good. I plan on posting about it soon.

love yall more!
sars

So, I’m posting from my cell phone. This is not just so whit won’t block me, I’ve been meaning to post for some time.. But times- they been a changing.

I’m in the vet office in mashall Virginia. The terribly beautiful and wonderful town which I now call home. There is a very sick two year old Jack Russell asleep in my lap and were waiting for her bloodwork to come back and tell me why she’s so lethargic and nauseous. (she threw up in my lap yesterday on the way home from the grocery store, and also had a swollen face. Any ideas?)

in my kitchen there has been a newborn calf residing for the past 3 days. she was brought in and laid on the floor and that’s where i’ve been bottle feeding her and trying to get some feeling back into her frostbitten limbs. I named her rudie. She’s beautiful.

I picked up a live peacock from the post office earlier today. Who knew people sent live birds in the mail?! Surely not I. But I do now, and it was quite the adventure trying to find him! (I’ve named him sir Ferdinand. Hehe.) somehow he got lost on a plane between Ohio and Virginia.. And no one could find him for 24hours.. Bless his lil heart! But I called around and talked to some of the nicest (and afew of the dumbest? Harsh, but true) postal workers around the continental us.. And I got a call this morning saying my bird had been found and was ready for pickup! Phew! 

I start my new job at a new restaurant in middleburg today. (I love middleburg) i’ll be bartending and serving at the Red Fox Inn (google it, I dare you! It’s awesome) while I get situated and start getting my own creations in order.

So, needless to say- I’m adjusting! It’s been interesting. Living on a dairy farm is wonderful. It’s never where I thought I would be, but I’m so happy. It’s most certainly an adventure all it’s own, and I miss alot of things about city life (see: trash pickup?) but there’s something incredible about working with the land and it’s animals. I’m learning new things every single day.

Ilym!
S

hey ya’ll!!

I’ve been putting off posting a bit, mainly because i really didnt want to post until i had all of my Costa Rica pictures ready to share. But my camera cord that goes to my computer is MIA. Im borrowing Ross’s in the next few days, so they should be coming soon.

In the past few weeks i’ve run across some really great web gems.
All of these links are hilarious and amazing. None of the videos are very long, and all very worth watching. I had to share them with you all.

i would really like to do this. I believe its possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM&eurl=http://rednights.blogspot.com

And im going to find the dates for this event and catch the next pants-less train to NYC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9La40WwO-lU&NR=1

I watched this video about 14 times. And laughed for over half an hour.  (mom, i could totally see Tobie doing this!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYqMhIYw58

I also stumbled across this site. I spent alot of time looking at all the quotes and life lessons. I can’t say i agree or live by all of them, but the majority i do.
http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/

Promise to post pictures soon. Miss and love you all.
xoxo.
-sars

1. Shared a womb.

2. Slept on a roof in barcelona. nothing but a blow up float, a blanket, the smell of the mediterranian sea and a million stars.

3. I have been offered two camels for my hand in marriage. this may sound nice, but the gentlemen offered well over 200 for each Leah, Misti and Robyn. in consolation i was told “its okay sarah, your worth alot of cows in Brazil.”

4. i have spent so much time in the Lourve Museum that i laid down on a staircase. One should never try to take in all that the Lourve has to offer in one day. It is exhausting in every way imaginable.

5. My father has saved me from drowning in a pool at the holiday inn. He has also saved me from rattlesnakes while i was playing in the creek in our backyard. He has also saved me from dating a lot of losers by threatening them with the shotguns. (only the good ones stuck around after that)

6. I have been in CS Lewis’s house, Anne Franks house, and  Margret Mitchells house.

8. i have eaten at the eagle and child, where the inkings (CS lewis and JRR Tolkien) met, and at Elephant House, where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter.

9. ive climbed the tallest radio tower on the tallest mountain (Mt. Alto) in rome georgia. no rope, no harness, just me, afew great (crazy) friends, and a tiny, cold metal ladder in the dead of night. it was one of the scariest things ive ever done. i seriously thought i was going to die.

10. i have been in New York City for New Years Eve.

 11. I have hiked up a mountain (Alps) in Switzerland with total strangers.

12. I have broken into an abandoned water park. this is where i lost my first snowball fight.

13. I have done a cartwheel on a frozen lake.

14. ive stood on the border of america and mexico with one foot in each. I have also been to mexico accidentally on purpose.

15. i conquered carlsbad caverns.

16. i love music but i am not a music snob. I like all genres. I can sing along to almost any song on the radio, this talent comes from my mom.. she is the same way.

17. i had my purse stolen in west hollywood. near the beginning of a road trip. all my money was in cash.

18. Dont stress about money, somehow it always works out.

19. If i am paired with miss Leah Robinson for a game of spades, there is no way we will lose.

20. I have seen the sun set over the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.

 21.Ive done a backflip off the bow of a multi million dollar yacht.

 22. I met Santa in the form of a trucker once. But i know it was really Santa.

23. I can quote every line in the movie Almost Famous.

24. Ive slept on the beach so many nights i had a routine. Get off work, drive to the beach with a sleeping bag and a pillow. (wearing a swimsuit instead of underwear). Wake up with the sunrise and watch every second of it. Walk to get breakfast. Come back and start drinking margaritas as soon as possible.
 

25. I can say my alphabet backwards. This is because Anna and i had an alphabet border in our room, and when we were told we had to go to bed we would stay up with a flash light and go around and around the room backwards.

26. These days we memorize the lyrics to ridiculous pop/rap songs.

27.I love to water ski. I learned to wakeboard this summer, i got up on my second try!! i loved it too.

28. The first time i went snow skiing i started going really fast down the hill, but when i got to the bottom i didnt know how to stop!… so I skied right through one of those bright orange mesh fences. i didnt get hurt at all, but i laughed so hard i thought i was going to die.

29. Ive never broken a bone.

30. but i have almost cut my thumb off trying to cut a very thick rope with a pair of kitchen scissors.

31.I started 6th grade looking like twoface because i was going too fast down a hill on my bike, and i hit a brick house. yes. i hit a brick. house. face. first. i scraped up the entire right side of my face.

32. I really enjoy turbulance on airplanes.

33.I passed out on the sidewalk once walking to catch the school bus. I busted my chin open, but mom and i didnt know it until about 4 hours later. I will never forget the conversation.
 Mom: “Let me take another look at that cut..”
Me: “alright..”
(this is apparently when the skin under my chin QUOTE ‘gaped open like a second mouth’)
Mom: “yeah.. you know what.. (hands me a paper towel) hold that on there, maybe we should to to the doctor after all..”
 I got 12 stiches.

34. I have permed my hair.

35. I have drank absinthe, aftershock, and moonshine. they each made me terribly drunk. and then terribly hung over.

36. i have driven a car, a truck,a motorcycle, a dump truck, a Rv, a boat, a tractor, a four wheeler, a six wheeler, a 16 passenger van, and a car in scotland (on the ‘wrong side!’)

37. I drove the RV from Memphis to Little Rock when i was 14. everyone but Anna fell asleep. My entire family claims i almost took out the gas station when i tried to stop for gas. I thought i did a great job. Those gas station attendants needed some excitement!

38. I have had some of the best conversations with my family sitting on the bridge that goes over my Aunt Butches Pond.

39. I have gutted trout.

40. I have artificially inseminated a cow. I have also helped birth a calf.

41. I have only taken Amtrak once, but i ask me about the Eurail and BritRail. I’ve spent many many hours with them.

42. Epcot is the one Disney Park i have been to. I still want to go to the Magic Kingdom!!

43. I grew up on a creek that was stocked with Rainbow Trout, spent countless hours at a lake brimming with catfish, been deep sea fishing twice, and yet, to this day, i have never caught a fish. (catching bait doesn’t count!)

44. I have been to a topless beach.

45. ive been frog gigging.

46. i love seeing shooting stars. i would really love to see the northern lights.

47. i have spent days trying to get red georgia clay out of my hair because of going to dirt track races.

48. I have (with the instruction of my dad) taken the transmission out of my jeep. It took FOREVER. but i will never forget how proud i was when i finally did it.

49. Anna and i have run out of gas in the middle of nowhere Indiana (we’ve ran out of gas a LOT of places..) and had to call the police because we were so far from civilization.

50. i played roulette in Vegas before i was 21. I suppose they didn’t care because i didn’t win ANY money.

51. I have stolen road signs, Welcome to ” insert city name here” signs, road cones, and car tags.

52. I have seen a stealth bomber in real life at a very close distance. 

53. I have ridden on the handle bars of bikes far too many times to count.

54.I have been a full time nanny. It was BY FAR the best form of birth control.

55.During my first week of work as a full time nanny i had to take the youngest to the emergency room. He had to get stiches under his eye.

56. I have also spent extensive time babysitting for 2 year old triplets. And an 8 year old with autism. I have learned so much about life from these experiences.

57. ive played beer pong, flip cup, quarters, chandiliers… well, let just say i’ve played every drinking game i’ve ever heard of.

58. ive driven across the 7 mile bridge.

59. Ive gotten a (quite large) tattoo while visiting Barcelona. I was going to go to the beach that day, but it was raining.. so we decided, pretty spur of the moment, to get tattoos instead.

60. The guy who did my tattoo wasn’t even spanish. He was hungarian. He spoke no english and a little spanish. I speak no hungarian and very little spanish. Needless to say we communicated like cave men with grunts, points and drawings. What he ended up drawing (and tattooing) for me was absolutely beautiful and i love it.

61. I have eaten the freshest sushi from fish that my cousins, my sister and i caught, before we even got off the boat. let me tell ya honey, i have never had anything better.

62. I have fallen asleep on the net of a sailboat, after a long day of snorkeling around John Pennicamp State Park in Key Largo.

63. I have been to the Superbowl.

64. I have jumped off cliffs, quarrys, bridges and buildings.

65. I have sat in the kitchen with my mamaw making biscuits and listening to all her amazing stories. That time is priceless to me.

66. i have taken a class in belly dancing.

67. I love to swim, Any body of water is acceptable. pool, pond, creek, river,quarry, lake, gulf, ocean, if none of those are available, put me in a bath tub.

68. I prefer bare feet to shoes any day.

69. I have shot A LOT of guns. But i have no desire to shoot anything living.

70. I have the gift of the gab. Sometimes i talk way too much.

71. Sometimes when im talking to strangers at work, i will just start making up crazy stories to see if they will believe me. No one has ever called me out  on it. 

72. Anthony Bourdain has my dream job.

73. When i read Where the Red Fern Growns i cried for about an hour. It is one of my very favorite books.

74. Whenever i hear the song ‘Pirate Looks at Forty’ i immediately think of my dad.

75. I hope to someday be half the woman my mother is.

76. I have climbed half the fire escapes in Chicago.

77. I love the church i grew up in. I do not love the SBC.

78. I have been baptized. and i slipped in the ‘tub.’

79. sometimes i feel like I sing too loud in church.

80. I have picked up a hitch hiker (well, really he was a guy whos truck broke down. I saw his truck start billowing smoke, he wasn’t lying!) BROUGHT HIM HOME to my parents house, went to bed, and let my parents deal with him. I was horrible!

81. i love all rollercoasters and fair rides.  every single one.

82. my first concert was NSYNC. hahahahaha.

83. I really really enjoy coffee.

84. i was voted friendliest in my senior class!

85. i got caught cheating on a final exam in spanish class by the school principal who was just walking by. I should have failed the class. Mom SOMEHOW convinced the school to let me re take it the next day. (Saturday) and i got an A!

86. Ive totally peed in the pool.

87. I have had my heart broken and broken hearts. I dont know which is worse.

88. I have stayed up until 5:30 am trying to get this list finished!

89. I am HORRIBLE at math. I dropped college algebra three times.

90. I was selected as one of the best writers in my english dept. in college after doing a short story about the red back porch at my parents house. I really wish i knew where that was.

91. I have travelled all over the south east for over a week with friends of mine who were in a band, while i should have been going to school.(college). I had so much fun.

92. I try very hard to get along with everyone. To think the best of people, even when they aren’t acting their best.

93. I love accents. (most) all of them.

94. I bought my first car when i was 16. I paid it off the month i graduated from High School.

95. i have never been to jail. But i have thought i was going to go to jail.

96. I finished first in a 5k race for MS. my name was in the paper and everything!

97.  i think my all time favorite movie is Its a Wonderful Life.

98. I have travelled Europe with some of the most beautiful, smart, talented, compelling, and FUN women you will ever meet in your life.

99. in two days in going to Costa Rica. Where i will hopefully be able to add Surfing and zipline-ing through the rain forest to this list.

HOLY COW ONE FREAKING HUNDRED.
 i am blessed with great family and great friends.

love yall. Goodnight!
-s

On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

If you have begun to believe that because we are swearing in a black president on Tuesday, our country is no longer dealing with issues of race, issues of prejudice, issues of hatred.. you are wrong. We have come a great distance, but we are not color blind.
 If you have a chance today, (maybe your day off.. thanks to the man pictured above) read this.
It is a brilliant letter written by Dr. Martin Luther King to the american church. the kicker? He is writing as if he Paul the Apostle.
It is powerful.

 I also spent about an hour and a half looking through SomethingsSacred‘s site to try and find this.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006

it was such moving post then that i never forgot it. and it is especially relevant today.

So, here’s to you Dr. King. Thank you for everything. May we always strive to keep your dream alive.

-s