Category: Summer

• FEED ME

  One of the things that I look forward to with our yearly excursion to the Empire of Texas are the foods that I miss so much.  There are many delightful foods in Washington—salmon, fish-n-chips, blackberries, apples, cherries, etc… but I still miss some of the favorites from my youth.  Barbeque As I’ve grown up I’ve learned…

  Jamie Greening

  July 18, 2011

  All, Culture, Food, Summer, Travel

  barbeque, Blue Bell ice cream, brisket, Cali-Mex, catfish, Food, Fredericksburg peaches, fried catfish, hot links, Hughes Springs Texas, hush puppies, JB’s hotlinks, Mexican food, peaches, Pittsburgh hotlinks, Tex-Mex, Texas barbeque, yum

• 42

  Several years ago I recall watching that not-very-good science fiction movie “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” and jumping out of my skin when the film came to one of its dramatic peaks.  The intergalactic quest leads the miserable characters to a supercomputer which was designed to discover the meaning of life.  After millennia of…

  Jamie Greening

  July 11, 2011

  All, Church, Culture, Movies, politics, Summer, Travel

  42, Charlie Sheen, church, churches, competition, domino, dominoes, Hitchhiker’s Guide, losing, sports, winning

• CADILLACS, BEEF, AND LIGHT BULBS

  

  Wednesday morning we left Tucumcari, New Mexico and headed east toward the tiny hamlet of Hughes Springs where I was raised.  Since that time I have been running off -grid because apparently my folks farm is surrounded by a low-level dampening field blocking all internet signals.  Today, though, we ventured out to McDonald’s restaurant in…

  Jamie Greening

  July 8, 2011

  All, Culture, Summer, Travel

  Amarillo Texas, Big Texan, Cadillac Ranch, Carhenge, light bulbs, McDonald’s, steak, Texas, Tucumcari, wi-fi

• REFLECTING ON THE ANCIENTS

  Yesterday the Greenbeans woke up in Moab, Utah where we had seen the amazing Arches National Park the evening before.  We then drove to Cortez, Arizona where we found the worst Denny’s restaurant in the world.  After that we drove up Mesa Verde National Park and saw the ruins of the cliff dwellers.  These ruins…

  Jamie Greening

  July 6, 2011

  All, Culture, Summer, Travel

  anasazi, Arches National Park, Denny’s, devotions, kiva, Mesa Verde