Folks, grab those sweaters out of mothballs and get ready to put on this week as the temperature will be dropping. The first day of autumn is this Saturday.  Are you ready?
Forgot to mention 9/11 last week.  Where were you?  My husband and I were getting ready to go to our Tai Chi class at the senior citizen center in Crossville.  Naturally, the TV was still on from the morning news.  All of a sudden it showed the first plane hitting the first tower. I called my husband to come in there. We stood aghast as the second plane hit.  We went on to our class but everyone there was standing around looking at the TV.  Everyone was out of focus on this exercise that morning as it had shocked everyone. Our nation stood still!
Sympathy to the families of Lynn Colwell and Irene Adcock Young. I knew both of them.  Lynn and Brenda were on the New York trip  last December.  I knew Brenda from our DHS days but didn't know Lynn that well but got acquainted with him as we ate together sometimes on the trip. Then I knew Irene and her family from church days.
Get-well wishes to Linda Judkins who had a bad fall and then Dorothy Puckett while visiting her granddaughter and my brother-in-law, Laird Barnard, who was in the hospital last week.
Calling all crafty vendors!  The Methodist Women will be having their "Heart Felt and Handmade Bazaar” on Nov. 2.  If you are interested, call the church office, 597-4961, to set up a table. The items must be handmade. You can also call me at 615-653-1737 for details.
Becky Roberts' friend, Mary Weaver from Michigan has returned home after spending a week or two here. They have been longtime friends.
It is a special day at Beersheba Springs (up above McMinnville) Oct. 7. The quaint little chapel has been remodeled and new stained glass windows put in. The windows are in memory of eight outstanding ministers and a couple who were managers at the old, historic hotel, the Browns, for many years. The dedication of these windows is Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. with a reception following. One of these windows is in memory of my husband, Rev. Cliff Ingram, a minister for 40 years. The public is invited.  The old historic hotel is a landmark on the mountain and the story goes that Andrew Jackson stayed there enroute to Washington, D.C.  Go if you can. It's worth a trip. I spent many days up there as a camper and then recycled as a counselor. It's breathtaking as you stand on the outlook and see McMinnville below.
A  note for thought from John Barwick: "The nicest place to be is in someone's thought. The safest place to be is in someone's prayers. And the best place to be in in God's hands." Amen to that.