Bees, Chickens & Church Pews

Good to be settled for awhile, this time in Central Texas. Was a pleasant continued trip...back to Florida, visits in S. Alabama, seeing our youngest son and wife in Arkansas. My wife pointed out a senior writing contest in the newspaper and I remembered something I could submit, so the above title: Bees, Chickens & Church Pews. Was back in Brazil in Altamira, our year-and-a-half Trans Amazon Road adventures many years ago. The story required some editing but was a good read when I finished, if I must say so myself. Send me your email and I'll pass on the three pages by attachment, free while the supply lasts! The contest lady who received it requested my birth date, probably to confirm that my age qualified me?? No prizes are promised for winners but honorable mention would be just fine.
So, we are moved into a comfortable rental home and other than tomorrow's two day drip to Dallas, should stay put for awhile. The 'stay put' includes dental work with a capital '$' and medical check ups. It also includes our trying once more to fit into a culture not entirely familiar to us anymore but certainly one that offers many comforts, predictability and efficiency that most of the rest of the world only wishes for. Causes me to remember those pioneer days back in Altamira...