BARBARIAN UPDATE

Today is the annual Barbarian Festival in Cross Plains. Last night we attended the annual Robert E. Howard dinner where the REHUPA folks come in from all over the world. The last several years we have had a group from Scotland and they were here this year. They didn't announce other countries. We did see two Calif license plates in the parking lot. The room was sold out. Sue joined us because someone had cancelled. The table decorations were rocks from Caddo Peak ranch. Could have been from Halsell Hill. We are all built from limestone fossils. Yesterday I took the noon shift at the Library where we display REH papers and magazines he published in. I met some interesting people who were visiting.

Today is the Festival day and I will again work the noon shift at the Library. They have panel discussions on Howard in the Library and at his museum. Tonight they will have a barbarque on Caddo Peak. Many other events like car shows, music, eats, etc. are going on and I will miss. I will also miss going to the CANSAT rocket launching contest that has about 30 college teams from all over the world competing in launching a rocket and recovering a can with data. One Texas team is from Tarleton and has a local boy on the team.

We spent Sunday thru Wednesday noon in Waco at the Central Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist Church. I was lay member from Cross Plains. Nancy was alternate in case I got sick. She attended many of the sessions. We attended the church services where the guest preacher this year was Dr. Joy Moore, from Duke University and an excellent preacher. Nancy got to meet and talk to her. One of the highlights was seeing Mike Love being ordained as an elder. I worked with him at General Dynamics where he was in the same group as my son, Mark, working on CAD/CAM software. About 10 years ago he decided to go into the ministry and just now completed all the education and training requirements to become an Elder.  At that service we sat next to a pastor from Valley View who is a reserve chaplain and spent 3 tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Interesting to talk to him.

We have been blessed with rain both in Granbury and here on Halsell Hill. Had two inches in my rain gauge when we came in Thursday. And I need to mow.