I looked out our patio doors this morning and saw two chickens in the back yard, and I do not own any chickens.
My first thought, to be honest with you, was just how good it would be for me to have some chicken and dumplings, because I have been craving just that here lately. Was this an omen for me?
I guess I didn’t take it for that, as the chickens are still alive and in our back yard, and it’s after lunch. I settled for a ham and cheese sandwich, as I consider myself a good neighbor and do not want what belongs to others.
Lately I have been getting seed and flower brochures in the mail. That lets me know it won’t be much longer before I can come out of this hibernation.
As we all know, though, this is just the middle of January and we are probably in for some more winter weather.
Sympathy is extended from the Short Mountain community to Ralph Gunter and family in the passing of his brother, Howard Gunter, who was 77 years old. He passed away Jan. 11 at Centennial Medical Center. His funeral was at noon on Jan. 15 at the Woodbury Funeral Home. Mr. Gunter was laid to rest in the Gunter-Grizzle Cemetery.
Please keep the following people in your prayers; Comer Bratcher, Diane Evans, Chloe Evelyn Bogle, Carlon and Mai Nell Melton, Edith Miller, Jeff Brown, and Greg Motley.
“I am the Lord, the God of every person on earth. Nothing is impossible for me.” (Jeremiah 32:27)
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