Time to start this blog puppy again

I'm not sure what we'll end up with here ... running commentary of our upcoming vacation or just more out of date web entries that nobody will read. I've just come to realize my last blog post came not too long before my last photo site update. I really did start to collect photos to upload, but stopped short of actually doing it.

Anyway, our plan it to take two weeks vac ... breeze through Houston to see the bro, then three days in ATL and a week on the Outer Banks to see father-in-law.

I could use the break. Hopefully I'll find Web connections along the way.

Recent books

This will be a running list of books I've read or am reading.

The Purpose-Driven Life | Rick Warren

About following Christ with every bit of your life. Forty daily readings that we are doing with our church, Southwest Hills Community Church. I'm writing a blog about it as I read it. Or trying to, anyway.

Track of the Cat | Navada Barr

I'm not actually finished with this, but it's her first Anna Pigeon novel. Anna is a park ranger who ends up solving murders and this one takes place in the Davis Mountains of West Texas

Seeking Enlightenment Hat by Hat | Navada Barr

Subtitled 'A Skeptic's Path to Religion' it is definitely a look into who Navada Barr is and her view on God. She's very "down to earth," and far from conservative. There are some wonderful nuggets here.

Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevens

What a treasure! We started to read this to the boys for our Pirate Vacation, though they found the beginning a bit scary. I kept up and found out why this book is a classic. I loved it.

The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown

Such a quick read. I know this book has created a bit of controversy, and I was drawn to it because of that. It is quite clever and I really liked it. It did increase my interest in reading some of the "lesser" gospels. It really needed a reproduction of the paintings in the book, though!

Bylines | Ernest Hemingway

A collection of his writings for newspapers and magazines that I pick up from time to time. He was such a great writer.

Death Comes for the Archbishop | Willa Cather

Published in 1927, This is a lovely book about two Roman Catholic priests in New Mexico near the turn of the century.