Yesterday, Saturday, 4/11/2020, the weather was cool enough and sunny. The morning frost was refreshing! With power in my body, I drove up to the homeplace in Hawkins County. Soon after I arrived, my good friend “Gator” and my youngest brother showed up. Later, our good neighbor from across the road came by on his 4-wheeler to visit. I shook his hand! “Govrmint” spies, in this “new normal,” did not catch us shaking hands.
We set up targets and did some target shooting! The last time that I “pulled a trigger” was on 4/20/2019, the Saturday between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. Yesterday, I was determined to target shoot again! Further, I am determined to target shoot more often this year! The three of us had a great time, target shooting and talking!
Afterward, we cleaned up trimmings, which my youngest brother had cut back just after he arrived. He used his gas-powered trimmer. The yard now looks a little better. I must do more work to get the yard back to how it looked before my “life event” on Tuesday, 3/29/2016, about which I have written before.
The arrival of my youngest brother was delayed due to the unfortunate passing of one of his wife’s aunts. It was fortunate for her, however, since she, as a Christian, went to her heavenly home. The unfortunate point, for we who are still in the temporal realm, was that she passed away on the weekend of Resurrection Sunday.
From the above, my 2006 Frontier was included in the photograph. The view looks west from the backyard. I had piled a few sticks from the yard into the tailgate. Other hand tools for yard work and a bottle of water, which we didn’t shoot, were also in the tailgate. The yard had been moved a few days ago. I highly recommend T&C Lawn Service! We have used their service for several years.
The above is a good photograph, taken with my trusty Samsung, not semi-intelligent, phone camera! (Over the years, I have used that phone camera to take most of the photographs on House Mountain.) The view looks southeast, with most of the back acreage in view. You might be able to make out our target shooting location. It is in the back and middle of the image, near the closest trees and before the tree line. It is to the right of the fishpond.
Of course, this article is being published on Resurrection Sunday (“Easter” to most folks). Yesterday, I noticed the wind increasing and a few clouds, which brought today’s rain. So, today, here I “sot” (as Dad would say) writing.
By some twist of logic, the “govrmint” thinks it is wise to close churches to face-to-face worship but keep open grocery stores, liquor stores, and so forth. I have heard that some preachers have been arrested or threatened with arrest for practicing the God-given right to worship in face-to-face congregational gatherings.
I understand “illegal” church assemblies. We held them in Russia during our time there from 1994 to 1999, when the Russian Orthodox Church used the Russian government to try to restrict us. They lost. God won. We were on God’s side. Stay on God’s side. He is the majority. Even if you stand alone, you are in the majority. I hope to get around to writing about the coronavirus, now called the COVID-19 virus, soon, maybe later today.
Oh, by the way, I have big news! The birthday of my brother, closest to me in age, was last Thursday, 4/9/2020. It was a remote work day for me. We played phone tag a couple of times. Today, I finally reached him by phone! We talked for about 45 minutes, starting at 4 PM! His family and he were enduring the “COVID-19 insanity” well enough. He remembered how “Gator” saved his life when we hiked Devil’s Nose Mountain in Hawkins County back in the 1970s. I gave him the phone numbers for “Gator.” I am glad that I helped them reconnect.
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