Most tabernacles these days are pretty fancy places, far removed in size and style from the original dwelling place of God, which was a modest tent in the desert. Moses built it, but the master architect was God, who delivered the blueprint on Mt. Sinai. It served as Read the rest of this entry »
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Travel Light
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Thursday, August 3, 2017
Posted in - Faith, Religion, Goodness - What is the Soul of a man? | Tagged: Catholic, Christ, Christianity, Exodus, faith, God, history, hope, Jewish, love, Moses, people, Pilgrim, Roots, tabernacle, tent, travel | Leave a Comment »
All You Need Is Love
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Monday, June 8, 2015
I recollect, a few years ago, having gone with a dear friend to the apartment where her former husband lived.
He had died alone.
D’Angelo (not his real name) was a retired Army NCO, whom had volunteered for service. He was genuinely a “squared away” soldier, and rose to the rank of First Sergeant (E-8), which rank is politely nicknamed “Top,” because, aside from Sergeant Major which is also an E-8 position, it is the highest rank and position a NCO can obtain.
His generosity was well-known, and his humility, honesty and genuine love for his fellow man was evident throughout his life. And though he was a good man with many admirable character qualities, a congenial fellow, well liked – even loved – by many, it seemed he never could win the battle over the bottle.
What little I knew of him from others’ reports and my own limited interaction with him, he was an honorable family man. And yet, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in - Faith, Religion, Goodness - What is the Soul of a man?, End Of The Road | Tagged: alcoholism, Army, Art, children, Christ, D'Angelo, Danielle, death, faith, family, First Sergeant, frailty, friend, friends, Gayleen, generosity, Germany, God, hate, honest, humanity, humility, husband, Jesus, life, love, NCO, portrait, recent history, religion, story, top, travel, veteran, Vietnam, wife | 1 Comment »
Howard Baker 1925 – 2014: Photographer, United States Senator, Ambassador
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Thursday, June 26, 2014
Howard Baker, 18 years United States Senator from Tennessee, Republican Majority Leader, widely respected by Democrats & Republicans as “the quintessential mediator, negotiator and moderator,” Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan, Ambassador to Japan under President George W. Bush, and award-winning Photographer has died aged 88 in his Huntsville, Tennessee home of complications from a stroke Saturday, 21 June 2014.
He said of his photographic hobby that it “may be the only place where I can reasonably aspire to perfection.”
Mr. Baker began his photographic hobby as Read the rest of this entry »
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Walking on Holy Ground: Colonel Sanders’ Kentucky Fried Chicken Cafe & Museum, Corbin, KY
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Tuesday, August 6, 2013
While in Kentucky, make certain you visit the National Corvette Museum, in Bowling Green.
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Journeys
In Kentucky, Fried Chicken History
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: August 24, 2012
WHEN making his rounds as a traveling salesman for a Chicago printing company, Duncan Hines would occasionally pull off the Dixie Highway in Corbin, Ky., and eat at Sanders Cafe. In the 1939 edition of “Adventures in Good Eating,” his pioneering restaurant guide, he recommended the cafe and its adjoining motor court as “very good place to stop en route to Cumberland Falls and the Great Smokies,” highlighting its “sizzling steaks, fried chicken, country ham, hot biscuits.”

The Sanders Cafe and Museum in Corbin, KY / Jonathan Palmer for The New York Times
The cafe is still there, only now it incorporates a museum and holds down a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, for one huge, unignorable reason. The owner, chef and resident genius of the place was none other than Colonel Harland Sanders, who, on this hallowed ground, cooked the first batch of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Cumberland Falls does not work the magic it once did, and Corbin itself is not high on anyone’s list of tourist destinations. But the Colonel Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum is a modest must. In addition to capturing a pivotal moment in the mass-marketing of American vernacular food, it evokes a dreamlike time, before the arrival of the Interstate System and its proliferation of fast-food restaurants and chain hotels, when traveling the American highway was a thrilling, high-risk proposition, with marvelous discoveries and ghastly disappointments waiting at every turn.
In its present form, the Sanders Cafe and Museum was born in 1990, the 100th anniversary of Colonel Sanders’s birth. JRN, a Tennessee-based company that operates nearly 200 KFC franchises in the Southeast, was about to open a modern KFC restaurant next to the old cafe. To mark the great birthday, it put out a call for artifacts and memorabilia that would allow it to celebrate the Colonel, his cafe and his fried chicken.
All sorts of stuff Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in - Even MORE Uncategorized!, - Round, round, get around, I get around. | Tagged: business, Colonel, Colonel Sanders, commerce, Cumberland Falls, dining, Duncan Hines, eating, enterprise, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, food, Harland Sanders, history, Jonathan Palmer, Kentucky, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, local, National Register of Historic Places, New York Times, travel | 2 Comments »
Federal Reserve’s “Beige Book” shows improving economy
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Federal Reserve regularly publishes a summary of economic activity in the 12 Federal Reserve Districts in the United States.
It is important to note that “This document summarizes comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the views of Federal Reserve officials.”
Much, if not most of the news was promising.
Summary highlights from this Beige Book 2013-01-16 are that:
• “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity has expanded since the previous Beige Book report, with all twelve Districts characterizing the pace of growth as either modest or moderate.”
Posted in - Business... None of yours, - My Hometown is the sweetest place I know | Tagged: agriculture, automobile, Beige Book, business, Coal, construction, consumer, Consumer spending, economic, economy, employment, Energy, farming, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve District, Federal Reserve System, gas, housing, jobs, manufacturing, money, NatGas, Natural gas, news, Philadelphia, Real estate, sales, spending, travel, unemployment, United States, wages | Leave a Comment »
Republicans: Let’s fly to Israel, eat fancy food, drink Dom Pérignon champagne, and swim nekkid!
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Hey!
I know!
Let’s get lobbyists to pay for a trip to Israel where we can eat fancy food, drink Dom Pérignon champagne, and swim nekkid!
You know, it’d be funny if it weren’t first so sad… because it’s all true.
Every Dogdamn bit of it.
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Skinny-Dipping in Israel Casts Unwanted Spotlight on Congressional Travel
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JODI RUDOREN
WASHINGTON — The trip was much like any of the hundreds hosted in recent years by a nonprofit offshoot of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful Washington lobby, and the purpose was much the same: to solidify the support of American lawmakers for Israel at a time of Middle East tumult.
For eight all expense-paid days, House Republicans visited Israel’s holiest sites, talked foreign policy with its highest officials and dined at its most famous restaurants, including Decks, known for its grilled beef, stunning views of the Sea of Galilee, and now, for an impromptu swim party.
With hundreds of Washington lawmakers having gone to Israel courtesy of the program, the trips have a reputation as being the standard-bearer for foreign Congressional travel. “We call it the Jewish Disneyland trip,” said one pro-Israel advocate in Washington.
But for lawmakers, the attention surrounding last summer’s trip — thanks to reports of a skinny-dipping Kansas lawmaker who was part of the delegation — has Read the rest of this entry »
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Think you saved a bundle on your travel? Think again.
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Saturday, April 21, 2012
“Everything old is new again.”
Kinda’ makes you wonder how long it’ll take retailers to figure out that most folks do NOT enjoy having to play cashier and bagger after shopping.
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Are Travel Agents Back?
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
THE complimentary wine and fruit platter was sent up to Jessica Griffin and her family moments after they strolled into their roomy suite. They were accompanied by a bellhop who placed their bags near a tidy crib made up with luxurious, high thread-count sheets for Ms. Griffin’s 1-year-old daughter.
The V.I.P. treatment at the Cheeca Lodge and Spa in the Florida Keys last month hadn’t come with an extra cost. In fact, Ms. Griffin said, she paid about $100 a night less than the standard rate for her room. And the deal wasn’t the result of hours of tedious online research either. She had finagled her savings the old-fashioned way: through a travel agent.
“I needed recommendations and someone to steer me in the right direction,” said Ms. Griffin, who opted to work with an agent after years of making her own reservations because she needed a getaway suitable for a toddler and had little interest in scrolling through endless and conflicting user hotel reviews online. “There are so many,” she said. And with every site displaying beautiful pictures and tantalizing offers, “it can be overwhelming.”
“I wanted somebody from a reputable agency who could say yes, you’ll enjoy this stay,” she said.
According to those in the travel agent industry, clients like Ms. Griffin are not alone, and are in fact helping to stanch the bloodletting the industry has experienced since the onset of D.I.Y. booking more than a decade ago. Nearly one in three leisure agencies is hiring, according to PhoCusWright, a travel research firm. And in 2011 travel agencies experienced Read the rest of this entry »
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Registered Nurse job aboard private Mediterranean Yacht
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Sunday, November 27, 2011
How would you like to be an Registered Nurse based out of London, work aboard a Private Yacht traveling the Mediterranean earning a tax-free salary, paid housing, health insurance and flight?
If you’re a female – sorry guys – here’s your chance!
Salary, based upon current rate of exchange, is $57, 283/year with a one year contract.
More details and application below… Read the rest of this entry »
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Rhode Island Nurses May Strike; Short Term Contracts Available
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Monday, May 23, 2011
Registered Nurses to provide Patient Care during a possible labor dispute in Rhode Island, which is also a participating state in the Nurse Licensure Compact.
The pay rate for this short term assignment is Read the rest of this entry »
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Adventures in Cowboy Boots
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Throughout my life, I’ve owned several pair of cowboy boots. My current pair – rust red Lucchese (pronounce: Lew – casey) 1883s with Cayman inlay – has been resoled twice, and now, the upper has torn on the right outer foot. I still wear ’em.
When they were prettier, newer, and shinier, they received quite a few compliments. Or rather, I should say, many people (mostly women) complimented me about how beautiful the boots were. And honestly, they still are. They just need some loving attention with saddle soap and cream polish.
It’s just that now, their beauty lies in a very obvious state of wear.
My dad – as far as I know – has only owned one pair of cowboy boots, and Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in - My Hometown is the sweetest place I know, - Uncategorized II | Tagged: adventure, Allen Edmonds, boots, Clothing, cowboy, Cowboy boot, cowboy boots, Footwear, Mount Evans, photography, shopping, Steve Madden, travel | Leave a Comment »
Who are You?
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Monday, November 8, 2010
Some years ago, a good friend of mine had encouraged me to begin a blog.
“Why do I want or need a blog?,” I asked him.
“You write very well, and a blog would seem to be a natural outlet for your thoughts,” he said.
Never being one whom chronicled or maintained a “dear diary” in my youth, I was quite amazed to hear his words. I had, however, been periodically sharing thoughts with my kindred and friends via e-mail. Alan was kind enough to host my writing for quite some time, gently guiding me through the technical process.
As things go – at least according to the Law of Entropy – things tend toward deterioration, decay and chaos. In other words, they move from order to disorder. And in time, because of the age of his servers, the bulk of traffic and the increasing complexity of software, he began migrating his servers to another resource, at which point he also began encouraging me to move my blog, which I have, and which you are now reading.
I had purposed to republish my original writings – and inspired by a recent status update posting I’d made to FaceBook – piqued my desire to republish this one post immediately.
Some background: I was in Lake Tahoe, NV at the time of the writing, staying with an extended family member, having traveled West in response to a spiritual urging I sensed. The events surrounding the same are another story in themselves, which I shall reserve.
Without further ado, I give you… …Continue…
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Audio Post – Fry the Friendry Skies
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sometimes, you just gotta’ have a wee bit o’fun!
Know whutta’ mean, Vern?
And so, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I give you…
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The Saga Continues…
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Wednesday, June 16, 2010
In a previous entry entitled The Mute, Poignant Ironies of a Life Well Lived, I had shared how God’s provision for my life has included some very seemingly coincidental times, which in reflection, I have perceived as mute irony.
Thankful as I have been and remain, I promised to share this entry with you a bit later, and in keeping that promise, here it is.
I hope you enjoy it. …Continue…
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How to Watch for Black Ice
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Saturday, January 30, 2010
“Black ice is certainly something to be …Continue…
Posted in - Did they REALLY say that?, - My Hometown is the sweetest place I know | Tagged: 19, AL, Alabama, Alan Raymond, black ice, blather, dark, HSV, Huntsville, ice, news, night, roadway, streets, stupid, teevee, tonight, travel, TV19, watch, weather, weatherman, WHNT, winter | Leave a Comment »