mreddie and The Blueberry Patch Blog

While reading through a good bit of Eddie Collier's blog, I discovered this statement: If you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with baloney sandwiches.

Composing most posts on a little voice recorder during his evening walks down by the pond, he has filled his blog with personal thoughts and tossed them with a little wry humor. He doesn't gloss over the good or the bad; just describes his daily life with a gentle touch. And, he never fails to let you know where he and God stand, out there by the blueberry patch.


George Eddie Collier offers a little baloney seasoned with the spirit at Blueberry Patch.

"My Name Up In Lights"

One of the fun things about writing a blog is getting responses -- the lovely interaction which blog-writing brings. Sometimes the comments are from strangers, especially on my personal blog. Sometimes the notes are emails from old friends, usually on this one.

Over the weekend, a long email came from Dan Miller. He wrote that he had followed the web links mentioned in the last class newsletter. He had found both my 59 Musketeers blog and my art website. (Thanks for the compliments, Danny!) AND, per my request for links to classmates' web presence, he added this note:

For several years, I've been writing regular essays on the WSMV-TV website (still do).

The articles (more than 350 of them) are archived at my personal "Dan Miller's Notebook" website.... and in MANY of them, I write about Augusta, and the old days growing up there.

I suspect that my Augusta contemporaries might find the references interesting, and bring back a few memories.

Off the top of my head, some specific essays that reference Augusta, even ARC, are:

FRIDAY NIGHTS, EMERSON BOOZER, AND ME

WIGGLES

THE HAMMER

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

THE 18TH AT AUGUSTA

THE FRUIT OF THE PINE

THE DAY ALDOUS HUXLEY DEPARTED THIS WORLD

JAMES BROWN

THE GREENISH BOWL

CHRISTMAS EVE IN MY HOME TOWN

THE PLEASURES OF BARBECUE

MY NAME UP IN LIGHTS

HAIL TO THE MASTERS

CONNECTIONS

GENE AUTRY, MY HERO

THOSE THREE LITTLE WORDS

HERSHEY'S, SNICKERS, AND ARNOLD PALMER

AN UNEXPECTED FRIENDSHIP (perhaps my favorite)

And there are many others with "Augusta references" that might just stir up some old memories for folks who lived there.

Yep, Dan, quite a few have stirred up some memories for me. This one for July 24th is an example: Catcher in the Sly My uncle played for the Tigers and then for a St. Louis Cardinal farm team until he gave up baseball to become a physicist. Dan reminded me that baseball in Augusta was BIG STUFF.

So, I have added Dan Miller's Notebook to the blog list. While not truly a blog, I thought its weekly updated content fit blog better than website.

I hope to occasionally point to one of his essays as it strikes my fancy. Today, I'm just posting this photo of the RiverWalk to pique your interest in another of his recent essays "Down By the Riverside."

And the reference in the title? Check this one

You'll want to visit often.

What It's All About

Who would have thought that a class reunion would generate as much fun and enthusiasm as our 45th? We just thought we'd have it and gather a few more names in preparation for the 50th. Well. It has grown like Topsy.

Our pre-reunion barbecue at the Murphey farm in Trenton is now an annual event which is hosted by Robert (58) and Judy(59). A committee works year-round to tweak the plans, include new classes and make it better than ever. More than 750 were on the list for 2006 and classes from 1954-196o came out to get "Lost In the Fifties."

Our class committee has worked hard to find missing classmates, keep lists of deceased and spread the word when an old classmate has moved down the street. I'll try to keep track with your help. I'll post obituaries, new addresses and updates, meeting announcements, and calls for Help! I'll use photos when I have them and ask others to write messages about their committees. Each post will be available in the archives if you miss something. We are looking forward to the BIG Five O!

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Hope you enjoy.
Annette