Uncle Buck, Sister Tater, Miz Shelby and Chris with Jeff Foxworthy and the Blue Collar Comedy boys @ PDX’s Rose Garden last night.
Not sure what time the phone rang, seeing how I was asleep and all, but there was Sister Tater on the other end
gleefully announcing, “We had such a good time! Thank you so much! We laughed so hard I thought Greg was going to have a stroke.”
I just hope Sister Tater remembers this night when MY birthday rolls around.
As for me I was in my hometown of Columbus, Georgia with the lovely and gracious host Mamie Pound and her staff at the Butler’s Pantry. That’s Chef Derek showing off one of his creations. He was trained in New Orleans and has been working up in New Hampshire. “I don’t like fried foods,” he said, explaining his choice in menus. “I like my food fresh.” Come on Sundays and you can enjoy his Creme Brulee French Toast. But if you come during the week, you simply must have his coleslaw. You’ll understand what he means by fresh. It’s not the mayo variety of coleslaw.
I’m home.
Not that home.
The other one.
Drove into Columbus, Georgia about 8:30 p.m., following the drive from Dothan. I’ll be speaking at a luncheon as part of a test run for the reopening of the restaurant attached to The Pound House. Mamie always puts on a lovely meal and I’m sure this test run will prove to be lovely. If you’re in the area and want to join us, come on over for lunch @ noon.
Meanwhile, Sister Tater and Uncle Bubba and Miz Shelby and Chris will be gearing up for the Jeff Foxworthy show in Portland tonight. Jeff asked if I’d like to go to the show when he came to Portland but I explained that I couldn’t as I’d be in Georgia. (We swapped places in a time warp exercise. He flew. I drove. One of us is warped.) So Jeff made the tickets available for the family. Backstage passes included.
March 3rd, Wednesday, 11: 30 Keynote, luncheon Houston-Love Memorial Library, Friends of the Library luncheon, Basketcase Cafe, 228 South Oates Street, Dothan, Ala. Also, 3-5 p.m. Booksigning Dove Christian Bookstore, 3112 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan. 334.793. 5691
I met Ken Summerlin during my recent visit to Fairhope, Alabama. For nine years Ken owned the highly regarded and successful Christian bookstore in Fairhope. But as many a bookstore owner has noted, “Owning a bookstore is a good way to go broke slowly, or quickly.”
Ken lost the business.
I asked him to contribute his thoughts about losing a business, given that it was a “Christian” business. What’s the matter, didn’t God keep his bargain of Jerm. 29:11? I thought God wanted to prosper us.
How come God let a Christian bookseller go belly up?
Guest Post by Ken Summerlin
“Name it and claim it!”
“Believe and be blessed!”
“God wants to prosper you!”
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Of course when it was our turn to pose, we women held our own. That’s Dr. Sarah Clemmons on my left, your right. She’s currently acting president of one of Florida’s oldest community colleges. I wished I could have spent all day with Dr. Sarah and the staff, and especially with the students.
