WE FOUND OUT A BIT TOO LATE TO JOIN BUT ROSEBUD OFFERED A ‘PLEIN AIR’ PAINTING GROUP GATHERING FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

THIS WEEKEND TERRY AND I DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE (RE:COVID) AND SPEND A NIGHT AWAY IN ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE B & B’S IN ALBERTA …. THE ROSEBUD COUNTRY INN IN THE LOVELY HAMLET OF ROSEBUD. THE DRIVE OUT WAS FANTASTIC WITH BLUE SKIES TRYING VALIANTLY TO PEEK OUT FROM THE SMOKE DUE TO THE CALIFORNIA WILD FIRES THAT HAS DRIFTED ALL THE WAY OVER TO HERE.

NEARING THE TAIL END OF SEPTEMBER CAN MEAN FEWER AND FEWER WARM DAYS WHEN YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN ALBERTA.

I DO MISS MY AQUAFIT CLASSES. IT MIGHT BE HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A CLASS OF STRANGERS,OF ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AGES, AND FAITHS COULD BECOME SUCH GREAT FRIENDS . BUT THIS HAPPENED.

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THE PAIN IN YOUR LIFE IS LIKE A FENCE THAT KEEPS YOU IMPRISONED?

WE CAN PRESENT A LOVELY TAPESTRY TO THE WORLD. BUT IT’S EASY TO HIDE THE TANGLED THREADS OF OUR LIVES THAT CAN BE A KNOTTED DISASTER.

SEVEN MONTHS. THAT IS HOW LONG WE’VE BEEN WORRYING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT.

TERRY AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS NEXT CONCERT.

I STARTED OFF TODAY FEELING SO JOYFUL THAT I COULD BARELY CONTAIN MY TEARS. TODAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH ( AUSPICIOUS DAY THAT IT IS) I BRAVED GOING BACK TO MASS.

TERRY AND I DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE OF THE TWO WARM DAYS EXPECTED THIS WEEK . YUP. AUTUMN IS OFFICIALLY HERE.

I READ AN ARTICLE IN OUR NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING ABOUT US HAVING TO BECOME ‘FRONT PORCH PEOPLE’ .

A WHILE BACK MY DEAR FRIEND, ROSE, SENT OUT A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT HOW TO TRUST GOD .

WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR FIRST ‘FRONT PORCH CONCERT’ WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!

I’M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING CONCERT TONIGHT!

THIS WILL BE OUR VERY FIRST ‘FRONT PORCH’ SHOW AND HOPEFULLY NOT THE LAST IF THIS IS THE WAY OF IT FOR AWHILE.

SEPTEMBER STILL GIVES ME A GOOD FEELING INSIDE.

Our daughter, Emily, is in a (Punk, pro feminist, original) band called, Bad Buddy. Emily writes all of the music, is the lead singer and guitarist, sound engineer, artist, and one of the promoters . This is her ‘baby’ or should I say,’buddy'(?) and I am really proud of her.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF (THE LAST PART) OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN’S COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY .

WHEN WE WERE AWAY IN JASPER, ALBERTA, LAST WEEK WE TOOK SOME TIME TO PAINT.

TODAY I WAS DOING SOME ORGANIZING AND I CAME UPON MY OLD CHARM BRACELET.