Deep in the Greek

This year's annual Augusta Greek Festival has already been nothing short of fabulous!  Saturday stands to be an all time record breaker for attendance as well as the atmosphere, food and festivity.

Festival goers are transformed upon arrival at this year's Festival with the music setting the tone and the aroma of the cuisine cooking under the big tent - you find you have arrived in a Greek village in the heart of Augusta!  There is much to see and experience and most attending will need all four days this year to see and enjoy it all!

As evening approaches, the music and dancing performances heighten and the ambiance is electric - you will find that you are deep in the Greek!

Beginning today, the semi-professional dance group from Florida, The Hellas Dancers, will be performing.  If you have never seen or experienced traditional Greek folk dance - this is a group you will not want to miss.

Admission to the festival is free and includes tours of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, music and Greek dance entertainment.  There is much to experience and enjoy at this long standing Augusta tradition.  For more information you can call 706-724-1087 or visit www.HolyTrinityAugusta.org.

How Do You Like Your Cookies?

How about with a nice tall glass of charcoal gray milk?

hkj

Looking for Sacredness

Has anyone seen "sacred" anywhere?  It's been missing for sometime and I was wondering if anyone had seen or experienced true sacredness lately.

Does sacredness really exist in today's society?

hkj

It's Time to Get Your Greek On!

With four days of live entertainment and dancing, tantalizing Greek foods and pastries, Greek market, children’s activities, church tours and more – there will be something for everyone!

Let's Keep the Rain Dance

China is playing weather maker.

Am I surprised?

No.

Truth be told, they've been playing rainmaker, officially, since 2004.

Gasp!

All our precious cats and dogs have suffered from bad pet food, the tootpaste was tainted, fish is being banned from China and now they want to manipulate the weather.

My best advice to Zhang Qiang, the top weather-modification bureaucrat in Beijing, just don't forget what happened to the former director of China's State Food and Drug Administration.

In the meantime, China, the geographic origin of bird flu, is rejecting our poultry citing contamination.

Non-tainted food for thought: it's not necessarily what they are telling us as much as what they are not telling us; so just how far can their storm making missiles reach?

Some things are better left to the Maker.

hkj

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"Oooooh.......Ahhhhhhh!"

Hats off to the greatest fireworks show ever - earlier tonight at Fort Gordon! What a celebration!

:)

hkj

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Rest in Huh?!

Boo, hiss.  Repeat.

Just Down the Road

With the price of gas, you'll want to stay and see Georgia - and there's something new to see!

Hogzilla Still Holds the Record

One Question

It's bad enough that he ignored suggestions to postpone his trip abroad and now there are potential victims of serious TB exposure, but where was TB Andy from January to May?

hkj

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Family Dynamics

...all I wanted to do was pay my respects for someone I loved.....but ended up with "....How to Survive a Family Funeral".........

Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan

It's also Thelma & Louise day!

Shopping with Sons

Put Some Greek in Your Week!

It's Turn-Off-the-T.V.-Week

Praying for Virginia Tech

Bells will ring at noon.

Don't Miss "A Taste of Greece!"

Turn Off Your Cell Phone

If cell phones are found to be the key culprit in destroying our crops' major pollinators, would you be willing to limit your use of your cell phone?

It Was a Long and Stormy Night in the CSRA's Greater Rural Outback

At 8:30 p.m. last night, the first day of March escorted it's first tornado of the season right through the western boundary of our farm.

Bless His Heart

I was enjoying my morning coffee earlier and padding around the house glancing outside to watch the soft rain sprinkle over the back of the farm - and just taking my time weaning into the day, when the phone rang.......

Doesn't it always?