I’ve got a bit of a back-blog. The back-to-school rush has taken me away from blogging for a bit.

Last Sunday, Mer and I went to Aunt Mary’s church, where Mer and Aunt Mary sang a lovely prayer-hymn together for the congregation. Both Mer and Aunt Mary sing well on their own, and when related folk (that can sing) sing together, it is pretty fantastic. They did a great job.

It was a perfect day out before church, and Mer and I arrived there early, so we spent time wandering the church graveyard, which sounds morbid, but I’d like to think it is helping to remember people who are gone from here. We were both amazed at the number of people who lived to be over 80, and there were a fair number who lived to be in their 90s. We also take great pleasure in people who pre-paid for headstones and had 1925-19(blank-blank) carved on them. There is something happy about people outliving their projected tombstone dates – kind of a “take that” to time.

After church, Aunt Mary took me and Mer to the nearby 365th Fighter Group Restaurant for an anniversary-celebration brunch. I really like the 365th Fighter Group – it is a WW II themed restaurant with plots of airplane stuff all over. They have good food, and they sit right on the runway of the Akron-Canton airport. We had a good brunch buffet, and I got to see about 5 jets take off from about as close as you can ever be without being arrested. It was a fine meal, and inspired my taking a Sunday afternoon nap.

(As to the title to this entry, yes I *know* the full quote is not positive, but the partial, famous part fits, so I put the shoe on the blog.)