The Silent Majority

Our nephew, Carl recently wrote a book called “The Silent Majority” “Freedom in His Great Name”.

My sister-in-law drove to our house to drop it off for “L” to read. He started reading it at about 5 p.m. could not put it down until 3:00 a.m. I have never witnessed him to be so engrossed in a book! He got up the next day, started reading again at 9:30 a.m. continuing until he completed it. He suggested that I read it also.

I do read a lot, although my taste is mostly for Christian non-fiction or self-improvement books. Not that I haven’t, but I rarely read fiction. So, I wasn’t super excited to read it, other than the fact that I try to be encouraging/supportive to those I know.

I started reading and I also was captivated by his style of writing. I hope that he is able to publish it so that others can read it as well. I guess that it is the first book in a trilogy. “L” characterized it as “spellbinding”. It was not what I expected, but it WAS very good!

41st Wedding Anniversary!

1st Day:

We took a drive up the Lelanaw Peninsula. Leland, Fish town, Northport, Lelanaw State Park, Sutton’s Bay, Traverse City were some of our spots. Even with quite a breeze, it was quite a fun day.

2nd Day of our Anniversary weekend. Just headed out traveled up M-27 stopping at Wolverine, Indian River, Topinabee, having a picnic lunch in Cheboygan. After lunch, we took M-123 up to Paradise, checked out the Upper and Lower falls of Tahquamenon, came back through Newberry and then took “2” back to the bridge. It was a lot of driving, but a very fun day.

3rd day of our Anniversary weekend: Maxine and Cliff came over and played “Scrabble and Yahtzee”. Video chatted with Andy, Luke and Brian.

4th day of our Anniversary weekend and our actual Anniversary. To celebrate today, we went to the “Iron Pig Smokehouse” in Gaylord. It was a nice lunch. Lucky that he still chooses me after 41 years. 🙂

Birthday

Hanging with Isaac

We were able to spend a day with our grandson, Isaac. He loves the out of doors, so we visited a few places. Our first stop was “Flowing Well Trout Farm” site. We walked out and saw the beaver dam.

Next up, a yard sale! Isaac got a small compass.

We decided to go to Pinney Bridge, which is part of the Jordan Valley Pathway.

Glad his head isn’t any bigger!

We spent quite some time at this spot. It was a beautiful and fun time!

It was a great day!