New Shoes in the Rain

Hello, friends. Hope the weather is decent where you live.  We're in one of those in-between periods where the mornings are REALLY cold and it warms up, but not as much as you think or hope.  And it's gonna be back into the 70s this weekend! We've had the pleasure of family visitors this week, the traveling party arrived last Saturday afternoon and will depart on Saturday morning.  It's our daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren, whom we had not seen in person in well over a year. And it's been wonderful to have them here, although our house does become a little crowded with four extra people and a dog added to our usual!  But as per usual, we make it work! So far we've had a big pizza party here at the ranch upon their arrival last weekend, a very nice family dinner at an historic site outside of Lexington on Sunday, a burger bash here at the house on Tuesday and we're planning to go out for Mexican food tomorrow night! In between we've had breakfas

Greetings and happy October, now that the month is in full swing! Lots to be excited about, right?  We're in the thick of the college football season now, Major League Baseball has moved into its win-or-go-home postseason games (although I don't watch much when my team, the underfunded Cincinnati Reds, are not competing), leaves are turning, it's safe to order a pumpkin spice latte without being questioned (that's for a friend of mine who's a fan), and Halloween candy is abundant! I don't have a Halloween costume for this year, as has been the case for the last several years.  I was booed by my local grandchildren for saying I was dressed as a Kentucky football coach when I sported a UK cap and jacket on the big night.  Then I tried to claim I was dressed as "Bruce Wayne, eccentric billionaire," but they weren't having that, either.  I have a little time to think of something else. I spent parts of four days in the state of Tennessee last week and