January 26, 2009
I am sitting in Bruegger’s Bagel in Cotswold because Julia’s, my usual haunt was slam full. I guess the word is out. Julia’s now promotes itself as a used bookstore with a cafe rather than a coffee house with a selection of used books. It’s getting noisy in here. I should have brought my Ipod.
Today is a bright blue day in Charlotte. Yesterday could only be described as blustery. A sad freak accident occured when a tree toppled across a road, hitting a moving car, crushing the car and killing the woman driver. You just never know.
Tonight is the January meeting of my critique group. We haven’t met since early December and I am eager to see my writing buddies again.
Last week I spent 3 days working at my church packing boxes of peanut butter, canned food and bottled water. It was loaded on pallets and trucked to Norfolk, VA where it was loaded onto a Navy ship and shipped to Haiti. We sent 44,000 pounds of food and collected $25,000 to buy medical supplies and tents. I wonder where it is today? I don’t want to see another jar of peanut butter for a few days.
Our pastor’s wife was in port-au-prince when the earth quake struck. She was safe and is back in Charlotte now but she has a very powerful story to tell.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/Charlotte-Woman-Survives-Earthquake-81901017.html
