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Saturday, August 29, 2020

This Week

What is that smell? I was sitting in the sanctuary one Saturday afternoon listening to the band practice and I started smelling something. I can smell things that nobody else can smell, a blessing and a curse. I couldn't figure out what it was, it just smelled bad. I checked my shoes and myself but nothing smelled like that. I looked at my watch and smelled it.... again … sniffed…sniffed … it was my watch… really my watch band… yuk …. I washe... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, August 29, 2020

Saturday, August 22, 2020

This Week

They are in here somewhere? In 1975 - 77 I had a Young Life club at Kingsbury High School. (Young life is a Christian outreach to high school kids.) I had at least half the school coming to my club and I knew a bunch of kids, several hundred… We called them kids but the truth is that I was 20 and they were 16 - 17 - 18… not like I was old enough to be their daddy or anything. Several of these folks now go to Hope. One came up to me one time and said some of the old Young Li... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, August 22, 2020

Saturday, August 15, 2020

This Week

One big ravioli If you read my stories, you'll know that I'm a big cook. Any time I get 2 days off in a row I usually go to the store and do prep the 1st day and then cook a 3 or 4 course meal the 2nd. I was doing food from one of my favorite restaurants "Terra" in St Helena California. The food is pretty complex and requires a bunch of steps, which is the way I like it. It makes me slow down so that I do it right. I went shopping the first day and did everything that n... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, August 15, 2020

Friday, August 7, 2020

This Week

Lani This was on the front page of the Commercial Appeal Monday Aug 12 2013.. By Paula Peyton: As her navy blue dress with white polka dots lit up under the stage lights, Lani Fair, 9, made her way across the stage. The audience watched her beauty routine at the second annual Miss Princess Pageant, and emcee Jacob Merryman read some facts about her from a note card. "She likes to sing, dance, ride horses and play on her iPad." There was no mention of her shiny, green walker or... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Friday, August 7, 2020