An Arkies Musings

In the January 28 issue of the Polk County Pulse my wife Regina was featured as the Citizen of the Week. The article was titled "Regina Lawry - Running the Relay For Life". Michael Reisig was the writer. Here is the article as he wrote it. Regina Lawry of Mena is a person on a mission. She is committed to The American Cancer Society's "Relay For Life" - the organization's number one fundraiser for cancer victims around the country. In a terrible irony, everyone in her immediate family has suffered with cancer - her mother, her father and all three of her sisters. She has taken it personally, and Lawry now does everything she can to combat this dreaded disease, ease the suffering of those who are dealing with it, and inform the public about the parameters of health and prevention. POLK COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE CHAIRMAN Lawry was born in Denver, Colorado. Her father was a tile setter and her mother was a housewife, but it was her grandmother who died when ...

Yesterday there was no more freezing rain, but the temperatures stayed cold and the ice stayed on the trees. In the afternoon I took some pictures. The sun tried to peek out from the clouds, and finally made it close to sundown. A SPOT OF BLUE ICE COVERED TREES ICY SPEED LIMIT ICE ON THE TRACKS COX LAKE ICY SUNSET ------------------------------------------------- I am very involved in my local Relay For Life. You can view my Relay For Life Blog here.

I woke up Tuesday morning to an icy world. All of the trees were covered in ice. Our sweet olive tree was laying over on the ground. It isn't broken, so I hope it will straighten up when the ice melts. The temperature stayed at 34 or 35 degrees during the day, so the roads were not icy. This morning the temperature is 25 degrees, so I imagine the roads are slick. Here are some pictures that I took yesterday afternoon. TREE IN MY YARD ICY HOUSE ON HWY 71 MENA STREET VIEW ICY WONDERLAND JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE As beautiful as the ice is, I am looking forward to sunshine and warmer temperatures.

It's time again For ABC Wednesday . If you aren't participating in ABC Wednesday , you are missing out on a lot of fun. This week the letter is B. My favorite place to visit is Belize. Belize is a small country in Central America. I first went to Belize in 2004. 17 members of my church went to San Pedro, Belize to build a church. You can read about the project here. The San Pedro Sun article about the project is here. Below are photos of the completed church. NEW HORIZON SDA CHAPEL BICYCLES AT CHURCH NEW HORIZON SDA SCHOOLROOM During our stay in Belize we learned to love the people, the culture, and the natural beauty. We have returned 3 times since our first trip, and we have had friends from Belize come visit us in Arkansas. We have made so many friends while in San Pedro. You can read the story of our friendship with the Amaya family here. ANGEL AMAYA The story of little Jeffery is here. We talked to him and his family last night. His mother, Felicia is ill...

This is my entry in a neat meme called I Heart Faces . Click on this button to check it out This is one of my favorite pictures of my niece Laura. I don't get to see her very often. She loves it whenever she gets to visit family. This photo was taken when we were visiting my sister and we went to a restaurant with a lot of family. She was having such a good time getting to see everyone. You can see the joy in her eyes. ------------------------------------------- I am very involved in my local Relay For Life. You can view my Relay For Life Blog here.

We all need to take time to smile. There is an old proverb that says "if you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours". A smile can have many different purposes. It can show happiness, It can show love, it can even be sexy. Peter Andre said "all you need to do to be a bit sexier is to smile once in a while". A smile is one of the best ways to promote peace. It lets the person you smile at know that you harbor no hatred towards them. The Bible tells us in James 3:18, "people who work for peace in a peaceful way plant a harvest of righteousness". There is a blog dedicated to the smile. It is titled Time For a Smile, Have you taken time for a smile today . They are looking for submissions, so please check them out. The January 24th post is my submission. I thought I would post it here also. This is a photo of a good friend of mine. He is best known as Buckaroo. He always makes me smile. Buckaroo does a lot of very serious work and is ...

How is your imagination? Do you ever daydream? What do you imagine? Former Beatle John Lennon wrote a song titled Imagine in the early 70's. The melody is beautiful, and it is one of the most popular songs he ever wrote. But while the melody may be beautiful, the lyrics paint a different picture. Listen to what Lennon had to say. Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try; No hell below us; above us only sky. Imagine all the people, living for today. Imagine there's no country. It isn't hard to do; Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion, too. Imagine all the people living life in peace. IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON One of Lennon's ideas was that the concept of God, Jesus, and religion got in the way of world peace; and in the final analysis, caused more bad than good. Karl Marx thought this very same way, and so have many other so-called brilliant philosophers over the centuries. Their idea was that if you rid the world of its ideas about God, Jesus, and r...

I am participating in Blogapalooza over at Middle Zone Musings . From now thru Sunday, January 25, folks can have their very own What I Learned From 2008 list post published at the Middle Zone ! You can see my "What I Learned From 2008" post right here . In case you're wondering what it's all about, well, we're smack in the middle of BLOGAPALOOZA! Hey, you're welcome to join in the fun if you like! Here is the post that was on Blogapalooza What I Learned In 2008 ___________________________ Guest post by Richard Lawry who writes over at An Arkie’s Musings September - Whatever Happened To Kaiser October - World Food Day November - A Little Thanksgiving History December - The Legend of the Candy Cane

It's time again For ABC Wednesday . If you aren't participating in ABC Wednesday , you are missing out on a lot of fun. This week we are starting over with A. My post for "A" is Autumn. I love to take pictures of autumn color. Autumn is my favorite time of the year. It has cooled down enough to make being outdoors enjoyable. The beautiful colors just make me want to take photos. Here are a few of my favorites AUTUMN ARKANSAS ROAD AUTUMN LEAVES IN A POND AUTUMN IN TENNESSEE As much as I love fall and the beautiful scenery, the real reason that I chose autumn was to give me another opportunity to show off my grand-daughter. My grand-daughter's name is Autumn, and she along with her sister Rebekah are so very special to us. Here is a photo of Autumn driving her Grandpa-Great's 1925 Studebaker. AUTUMN DRIVES A 1925 STUDEBAKER This is a current picture of her taken while we were visiting over New Years. BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN The best way to tie the post togethe...