Yada Yada Book Club

We just had our first gathering of the Yada Yada Book Club. This is a new group formed through our Women's Ministries at our church. We started out with "Yada Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson. It's the first book in a series of 5 (so far). As a group we won't be reading the other four, but we did enjoy this one. We had a great discussion which centered around multi-racial friendships.
It wasn't a coincidence that the club and the book share a name. At the meeting of the Women's Ministries Team, of which I am a part, we learned about the word "yada". One of the women happened to bring the "Yada Yada Prayer Group" book to use in decorating the book club booth at our annual Women's Fall Faire. We were looking for a name for the club and . . . . .well. . . . . it seemed like a God thing.
According to the book itself, in Hebrew Yada means "to perceive, understand, acquire knowledge, know, discern." It also can mean, "To be known, make oneself known, to be familiar". So it's a pretty good name I'd say.
Our next book will be "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. I've read this one and loved it. I'm looking forward to re-reading it and sharing it with others.

Thanksgiving

We had a great day here at our home with about 15 around the table. Richard's brother Phil and wife, Joy, their two kids and families and Joy's sister and her family, and Dad Egon all came to the farm to enjoy each other and a delicious meal. We do the turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and they supply the rest. Always good.

We were happy to have Phil and Joy spend the weekend with us, along with their beautiful dog, Charlie. He's a wolfhound mix who is just the cutest. He certainly enjoyed having lots of room to run!

Even though we were short in number compared to past years, we all had a good time of "family". We are so grateful for our family members and look forward to our annual Thanksgiving Celebration together.

My brother Jim's visit

My younger brother, Jim, from Seattle, was just here this last weekend to see my mom. He stayed here with us and we had a great time. He was able to spend a lot of time with her, which made her very happy indeed. He went to church with us Sun morning which was fun. We don't see each other often so that makes it special. He and I are the night owls in our family, so, needless to say, we lived up to that. He left late this afternoon. Thanks again for coming, Jim!

Welcome to my blogspot!

Well, here I am. I think it's alot of fun to visit my cousin George VI's spot and catch up on what's happening in his life, so I decided to try it for myself. Hopefully I'll blog often enough to make it interesting. I don't know anybody else who does this except for him and his daughter, Sara, who has a new beautiful baby girl, Georgia.