My dear wife, Carrie, and I are at our old haunt in North Carolina this week.  We are beyond blessed to be able to travel to a few places now and again.  I suppose we could go to more places…but we love this place so much it is like a second home to us.

Pastor Duke Lackey was at Faith Harbor Church this morning.  He did not give the message, but it was great to see him and say hello.  I have gone back and forth via email with him on occasion and I think the world of him and his congregation.  We consider ourselves visiting members.

Our friend Carl is with us.  He has enjoyed his time thus far.  Though he gets a bit nauseated when traveling, he does fine once he gets here.

He seems to enjoy the sea air.

Right now Carrie is turning some roasted brussels sprouts and in a short time will be frying some onion rings and shrimp for me…and a piece of flounder for her.

As usual the folks in North Carolina are as nice as anywhere you will ever go.  I am proud to know them.

The beach is dealing with a great deal of erosion in the aftermath of the big storm that went through here recently.  We watch it on television and hoped we would find the place in one piece.  For the most part, we have.

Football Picks.  Picked 12 winners and 3 losers of this past Saturday’s college football picks.  That brings the season total to 59 winners and 23 losers.  I was shocked that Cal got beat by Utah.  Oh well…you can’t win them all.

I know I mentioned a few posts ago that I am ready to move forward with some new recording.  In the picture above, Tim Krekel on the left and Jim Baugher on the right were working with me one day in the studio in 2004.  Tim and Jim are no longer with us.  I look back on the sounds we made, the laughs we shared, and good times we had.  Thanks goes to my friend Jefferson Carpenter for not just hooking me up with great talent…he hooked me up with some great guys.  I miss these two.  I listen to what we created together and smile every time.

Speaking the coastal rights.

Danny Johnson