Lots of people do stupid things at times. Today I did something which could be considered stupid to some people. I drove to Alabama to buy a rare CD released by a radio station. Cullman, Alabama, to be exact. The CD was some acoustic radio performances by some of my favorite bands. You could only buy them in the greater Birmingham area. Blockbuster carried them. At first I was thinking I was looking for a Blockbuster Music store, but it was the regular ole video store.
Cullman is small town about an hour outside of Birmingham. I thought it was about as big as Lebanon….maybe Cookeville. There’s a shopping center with a Sears and Peebles stores among a few others. There’s not really a town square. The town is large enough to have a 4 lane road through the main part of it. It was my first time to Cullman and most likely my last.
On my way to Bama, I had lunch with a friend of mine near Columbia, TN. He is a minister to a small rural congregation in a small community nearby. We ate lunch at the community’s only restaurant. The hotdog bun was a bit stale, but the price was reasonable.
Afterwards we took some food to a shut in. We stayed for a few minutes. She is an older lady and has lupus which doesn’t let her get out of the house very much. Apparently her daughters don’t take time to make sure she has food, so she relies on church members to get her food. I felt sorry for her since she leads a very lonely life. Made me think that I should put more time visiting shut-ins from my own church.
I am beginning the process to convert this site over to Movable Type. So you might see some changes over the next few days. Hopefully the entire changeover will be seamless.