Thursday, August 29, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST


SCOTT AND JOANNE WHAT A GREAT VISIT BEST WISHES ON THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND THE CONTINUED INSPIRATION FOR THE TALENTED ARTWORK
WE HAD A LARGE DIVERSE GROUP SATURDAY NIGHT. A MOM AND DAD WITH TWO DAUGHTERS FROM CALIFORNIA TO VISIT FAMILY; A GROUP OF FOUR LADIES CELEBRATING AT A LONDON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS REUNION; TWO MEN BUILDING THE HAUNTED HOUSE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS; AND 10 YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HERE TO HAVE A CHURCH RETREAT.


WHAT A FINE GROUP DURING THEIR BIBLE STUDY. THE GUITAR WAS GREAT. KEEP SINGING PRAISES TO THE LORD.

THE BED AND BREAKFAST WAS A REAL CHALLANGE TO BUILD AND AT TIMES KEEP UP, BUT IT IS REWARDING TO BE A PART OF SO MANY POSITIVE ACTIVITIES.

WHAT CAN MAKE US SMILE TODAY? I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING EXCEPT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING. I AM JUST CONTENT,IS THIS SOMETHING?


SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:

SO TROUBLE- TROUBLE AND TOIL BRINGS TEAR
AS LIFE GOES ON EACH PASSING YEAR.
IT SPREADS UNKNOWING BUT STILL KEEPS GROWING
TO CAPTURE MINDS, TO SPREAD MORE FEAR.
OH STOP, PLEASE STOP I CAN BEAR NO MORE
THINKING LIFE'S MORE TROUBLED THAN THE DAY BEFORE.
THEN I PRAYED PRAYER'S PLEA, OH GOD GIVE ME
YOUR HEAVEN'S LIFE, SO PURE, SO FREE.
SO TO A LOVING GOD I CRIED
HE GRANTED PEACE THAT DAY WHEN SLUMBER SIGHED.
SO FOR EACH A DAY IS, AND SO IT GOES
UNTIL WE TRUST THE ONE WHO KNOWS.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Traveler's Notes: Alexandra's Bed and Breakfast




SOME THOUGHTS FOR TODAY
GEARING UP FOR A HEAVY WEEKEND AT THE B&B. SO WHAT IS AROUND THE CORNER? DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN'T EVEN PROVE, FOR SURE, IN A DEFINITIVE SCIENTIFIC WAY THE SUN WILL EVEN COME UP AGAIN TOMORROW. MOST MIGHT AGREE THE SUN PROBABLY WILL COME UP; JUST AS MOST BELIEVE THERE TO BE A GOD. YET WHAT IF THE MAJORITY IS WRONG AGAIN. I TRIED TO WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT STILL FELL A SLEEP BEFORE I COULD THINK IT THROUGH THOROUGHLY, GOD KNOWS, WHY?


WE DO LEARN? WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL PRONE TO WANDER. THEN HE PURSUES US WITH A LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET US GO.
D.KOCHER 1991

WHAT CAN MAKE US SMILE TODAY? WINNING THE ARGUMENT IS OFTEN OF LITTLE VALUE; GETTING YOUR WAY,FOR MOST, IS A TRIP TO THE ICE CREAM PARLOR FOR ALL CHILDREN 100 AND YOUNGER.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTE: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST



KAITLIN AND KIETH ON THEIR FIRST DAY AFTER THEIR WEDDING
WE ARE SO HONORED TO BE PART OF YOUR STARTING A NEW LIFE TOGETHER



SOME THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT:

IT IS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. AUGUST IS NORMALLY THE HOTTEST BUT NOT THIS YEAR. NATURE HAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF NOT REALLY LETTING US FIGURE IT OUT. WE ARE GETTING BETTER AT PREDICTING WEATHER FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, BUT NOT MUCH MORE. SO HOW DO WE KEEP THINKING WE ARE GOING TO FIGUER OUT MOTHER NATURE. IS IT TO SIMPLY TO BE ABLE TO GO ON A PICNIC WHERE IT DOES NOT RAIN ON US? I WATCHED A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL ON THE EXON OIL SPILL 10 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT. I THINK THEY SAID 4 AND 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS WERE THE PUNITIVE DAMAGE SETTLEMENT AND MUCH OF THAT WAS USE TO CLEAN UP THE OIL SPILL. THE STRANGE CONCLUSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY 10 YEARS LATER, WAS THAT NATURE HAD CLEANED UP THE OIL DAMAGE MUCH BETTER THAN WE HAD AND OUR HUMAN ATTEMPTS HAD DAMAGED THE ENVIRONMENT MORE. MAN SHOULD NOTICE WITH HUMILITY AND AWE THE INCREDIBLE CREATOR'S HAND IN THINGS. HE IS A CREATOR ALWAYS WITH PURPOSES FAR ABOVE OUR OWN. MAYBE FOUR OF GOD'S POINTS HE WANTS US TO LEARN ARE: STAY HUMBLE,TRUST HIM, THEN DO OUR BEST TO HONOR AND PROTECT HIS CREATION.
THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY LORD. THE BIRDS ARE SINGING AND YOU ARE SUCH A DELIGHT.


WHAT CAN MAKE US SMILE TODAY? IF THE WEATHER MAN CAN FIGURE OUT THE WEATHER A WEEK IN ADVANCE I BELIEVE A HIGHER FORM OF SCIENCE WOULD BE FOR MAN TO FIGURE OUT A WOMEN A WEEK IN ADVANCE.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Traveler's Notes: Alexandra's Bed and Breakfast



THANKS WILL AND BELINDA HOPE THE KNEES HOLD UP ON THE RIDE BACK


DEREK AND VICTORIA CONGRADULATIONS ON YOUR WEDDING NIGHT BEST WISHES

WHAT CAN MAKE US SMILE TODAY?
DO YOU FORGET WHAT YOU CAN'T REMEMBER GIVING YOU A FORGETFUL GUILT?




HOW ABOUT SOME DEEPER THOUGHTS?
HOW IS IT THAT THE WORLD IS FULL OF A DIVERSE CREATION OF ANIMALS, BACTERIA AND SNOWFLAKES? YET GRAVITY AND OTHER PHYSICAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE ARE DEEMED CONSTANT BY SCIENTISTS. EVOLUTION IS RANDOM BY DEFINITION, EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATURAL LAWS; AT LEAST WE HOPE SO EVERY TIME WE FIRE A ROCKET INTO SPACE. I ONCE HAD A GUEST, WHO WAS ALSO A PROFESSOR, TELL ME HE BELIEVED IN THE PROVIDENTIAL RANDOMNESS OF OUR UNIVERSE. WOW. PHD'S CAN SOMETIMES GET YOU INTO TROUBLE WITH LOFTY THINKING, CERTAINLY ABOVE OR POSSIBLE BELOW MANY OF OUR PAY GRADES. REMEMBER 97% OF SCIENTISTS ONCE BELIEVED THE EARTH TO BE FLAT. SCIENTISTS, LIKE MANY OF US DO SOMETIMES GET CONFUSED.

MOST PEOPLE I KNOW DEARLY LOVE THE SCIENTIST BUT THEORIES ARE ONLY THEORIES ARE THEY NOT? MAYBE THE COMMONLY HELD THEORY GOD DID CREATE THE UNIVERSE AFTERALL, SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE OF A FIGHTING CHANCE IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. WOULD IT REALLY HARM SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT TO DEFINE SCIENCE AS THE STUDY OF HOW GOD DID IT? NEWTON AND SO MANY THOUGHT NOT.

I DO UNDERSTAND WITH THE PROBABILITY OF GOD CREATING THE UNIVERSE IT COULD BE THREATENING TO SOME MORAL BEHAVIOR. IF PHYSICAL LAWS ARE A CONSTANT SCIENTIFICALLY, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THE MORAL LAWS MIGHT NOT BE HELTER SKELTER AND CONSTANT ALSO, HOLDING EACH MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS. (OH MY, WHAT AN AMAZING THOUGHT--- WHERE IS MOSES AND THOSE 10 COMMANDMENTS?)


DON IT HAS BEEN 7 YEARS TODAY AND I DO STILL MISS YOU ALOT.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST














JOHN HEADED SOUTH TO CINCINNATI














WORD OF LIFE BICYCLE CLUB AND JOHN LOADING UP ON CARBS















MAD RIVER RAFTING TODAY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRIP TO TAKE














CYCLISTS WITH A HEART FOR MISSIONS TIM RON LISA HENRY AL JACK AND VAL


WHAT CAN WE SMILE ABOUT TODAY? BELIEVING THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, BECAUSE THEY CARE MORE.


ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:

GOD IS AT LEAST 3 INCHES BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

TRAVELER NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST














PAUL AND JEANNIE HEAD BACK TO CALIFORNIA TODAY. THE WEDDING THEY ATTENDED IS OVER, AND VISITS TO CLIFTON MILL AND YELLOWSPRING MADE FOR A FULL VISIT.
NOW BACK TO WORK AND TRYING TO HELP GET CALIFORNIA ON A SENSIBLE PATH.


WHAT CAN MAKE US SMILE TODAY?ARRIVING IN HEAVEN TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WE THOUGHT WOULDN'T MAKE IT AND HEARING A DEAFENING SILENCE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T IMAGINE YOUR BEING THERE.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST














IT'S GREAT TO HAVE OTHER B&B OWNER'S STAY WITH US. SHERRYL & DONNA FROM: THYME FOR BED BED AND BREAKFAST.














MERRILL IS ON HIS WAY TO NEWARK AND BEYOND. NICE TALK ABOUT OUR MUTUAL FAITH














KEVIN AND ALICE, EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE NEW JOB AND MOVING TO INDIANA


HOW CAN WE SMILE TODAY? SHOULD WE LEARN HOW TO NOT TOLERATE INTOLERANCE?

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
I TRUST THE LORD EACH DAY
THAT WE WILL FIND WELL A WAY
THROUGH THE GARBLED SNARE
THAT SO OFTEN CATCHES US PROFOUNDLY UNAWARE.

Friday, August 9, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED & BREAKFAST














4JOHN TIM JOELLEN KATHY MARK














AND THEY ARE OFF TO CEASAR'S CREEK CAMPGROUNDS



AUGUST IS FLYING BY AND ALL THE GRASS IS NOT YELLOW. THE RAIN HAS KEPT THE CROPS AND LAWNS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE HAD A GREAT WEEK AT THE B&B AND ARE ALMOST FULL THIS WEEKEND. THERE WERE FIVE BICYCLISTS STAYING IN THE YOUTH HOSTEL LAST NIGHT AND THEY ALL CAME IN TO HAVE BREAKFAST. THEY COMMENTED ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF THE B & B. EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THE BEAUTY CAME FROM EXCEPT MAYBE ONE PERSON. ANOTHER COUPLE IS HERE FOR A WEDDING AND WILL BE STAYING 3 DAYS.


WHAT CAN MAKE US SMILE TODAY? A PERSON TRYING TO SMILE WHEN SOMEONE TOLD THEM THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE CLEARLY WRONG ABOUT. OH, THAT'S MAYBE WHAT MAKES EVERYONE ELSE SMILE.


ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:

ISN'T IT NEAT
NONE OF US ARE COMPLETE.
A WORK IN THE POTTERS HANDS.
TRUSTING THOSE HANDS IS ALL
IT TAKES
TO BECOME ALL WE CAN.

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES
JOHN TIM JOELLEN KATHY MARK

Thursday, August 8, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST


GEORGE IS ALWAYS HELPING GUESTS AND WORKING ON THE B & B

IT HAS BEEN 13 YEARS OF TRAVELERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS INTERESTING TO FIND OUT YOU ARE TALKING WITH AN ACADEMY AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR OR AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER OR AN ALL PRO CENTER FROM THE NEW YORK JETS AND MANY MORE. AND OF COURSE THE REST OF US WHO ARE NOT YET FAMOUS OR WANT TO BE, BUT ARE ALSO OFTEN TIMES VERY INTERESTING AND FULL OF STORIES AND INSIGHT. WHAT A GREAT PLACE IT HAS BEEN TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT OTHERS AND WHAT THEY ARE THINKING AND DOING. GREAT DISCUSSIONS HAVE OCCURRED HERE OVER THE YEARS WHERE YOU ARE FREE TO TALK OR NOT.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHT:
FREEDOM OF A PERSON'S SPIRIT THAT IS CONNECTED AND GUIDED BY OUR CREATOR, WILL ALLOW THAT SPIRIT TO SOAR TO ITS INTENDED PLACE IN THIS WORLD. THIS PROVIDES HOPE FOR US ALL AND MOTIVATION TO SEEK GOD.


HOW CAN WE SMILE TODAY? ALWAYS REMEMBER IF ALL YOUR PAPERS FALL OFF YOUR DESK-- THE FLOOR WILL CATCH THEM JUST FINE EVERY TIME.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST

THINGS WENT VERY WELL AT THE B & B TODAY. IT IS ALWAYS AMAZING TO SEE THE DIVERSITY OF PERSONS WHO STAY HERE. FIVE LADIES FROM A CHURCH IN KENTUCKY, TWO FRIENDS HOPING TO BICYCLE AT THE RIB FEST RIDE AND A HUSBAND AND WIFE JUST WANTING TO VISIT ANOTHER B & B. KATLIN LEFT TODAY, SHE SIMPLY HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL GUEST AND WE WISH HER THE BEST AS SHE COMPLETES HER COLLEGE STUDIES AND MOVES TO THE WORK FORCE. MARK, KEEP LAYING THOSE FIBEROBTIC CABLES.
JUST A FEW DAYS LATER WE HAVE DAVID HENRY WHO HAS WALKED HERE FROM BOSTON. HIS INTENTION IS TO WALK ACCROSS AMERICA. WE HAD A GREAT TIME TALKING TO HIM AT BREAKFAST. LAURA ALSO LEFT TODAY.


WHAT CAN MAKE YOU SMILE TODAY? ATHEISTS ARE PEOPLE TOO, BUT THEY ARE NOT SURE THEY EXIST.

















DAVE














LAURA

Monday, August 5, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST

LAURA FROM LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY HAS A LITTLE BIKE AND AARON FROM IDAHO HAS THE BIGGEST BIKE I HAVE EVER SEEN AND MAYBE THE BIGGEST MAN I'VE SEEN; AS LARGE AS NICK MANGOLD THE ALL PRO NEW YORK JET CENTER THAT STAYED HERE A WHILE AGO. BOTH BIKERS STAYED IN THE YOUTH HOSTEL LAST NIGHT. LAURA HAS BEEN IN YOUTH HOSTELS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HER OBSERVATIONS ABOUT OURS. THE NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE (ROBERT AND DENISE) ON THEIR HONEYMOON KEEP SNUGGLING ON THE PORCHES AND IT IS HARD NOT TO BE SO HAPPY FOR THEM. ROBERT SPENT 9 YEARS AS A PROFESSIONAL HIP HOP DANCER AND PLAYED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN BACK UP BANDS AND NOW WORKS OPERATING A LAZER IN A SHEET METAL PRODUCTION PLANT. ALSO A COUPLE FINALIZED THEIR WEDDING PLANS TODAY, THEY RODE IN ON THEIR HARLEY'S. BOTH HE AND SHE ARE HOSPICE NURSES. YOU JUST CAN'T TELL WHAT PEOPLE DO BY WHAT YOU SEE.

OH BY THE WAY
THE EYES THAT CAREFULLY WATCH HIS DOMAIN
SCANNING OVER AND OVER THE CHARGE OF HIS CARE.
NO STRANGE MOVEMENT ELUDES CLOSE INSPECTION
WITH THOSE EYES FULFILLING HIS PURPOSE.
HARMONY OR PURPOSE IS MAINTAINED IN INFINITE DETAIL
WITH OUR EXISTANCE CLINGING TO THIS WEB OF BEAUTY.(RB)


SO HOW DO WE SMILE TODAY? A 4 YEAR OLD GRANDAUGHTER WAS TAKEN TO BUCK CREEK DAM. GRAMPA TOLD HER THAT THEY COULD GO ON THE ROAD ABOVE THE DAM AND LOOK DOWN AT THE WATER. THE GRANDAUGHTER TOLD GRANDPA THAT SHE REALLY DID NOT WANT TO GO ON THAT SCARRY DAM ROAD.
















HAVE A GREAT HONEYMOON FROM ALL OF US AT THE B & B

TRAVELER'S NOTES ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST

TODAY WE HAD A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE. A COUPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW LIFE BUT ALSO TO TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER. TIME IS PRECIOUS AND THE MOST VALUABLE GIFT TO GIVE TODAY. I ALSO HAVE OBSERVED IN MY LIFETIME THAT OFTEN TIMES WE MARRY SPOUSES THAT ARE CONSIDERED TOO LAZY OR WORK-A-HOLICS. AMERICA, WHY DO YOU SO EASILY GO TO THE EXTREMES ABOUT SO MANY AREAS OF LIFE? I KNOW LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN SOON, BUT IT SURE WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO GIVE OUR LIVES A BETTER CHANCE TO FEEL SATISFIED. IF FOR HOW EVER SHORT a PERIOD OF TIME, WE SEE EVIDENCE OF SLOWING DOWN ENOUGH TO ENJOY OTHERS AND LIFE AT OUR BED AND BREAKFAST. FOLKS IT IS POSSIBLE DON'T GIVE UP.



HOW CAN WE SMILE TODAY? OUR COURT HOUSE IN LONDON LOOKS LIKE A CASTLE TO OUR GRANDAUGHTER. AT 4 YEARS OLD SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED THERE WE NO FROGS TO KISS IN ORDER TO FIND A PRINCE.










HOW ABOUT VISITING BEAUTIFUL OHIO CAVERNS?

Sunday, August 4, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST

JIMMIE AND NICOLE GOT MARRIED. I SEE THAT OFTEN IN OUR REGISTER BOOK OF VISITORS. IT TICKLES ME TO SEE IT. THE BED AND BREAKFAST HAS BEEN THE PLACE OF SO MANY WARM MEMORIES. A NEW MARRIAGE ALWAYS HAS THE NEW START OPTIMISM. WONDEROUS IS THE GENTLE TOUCH THAT BRINGS THE TWO TO ONE. WE HAVE HAD OVER 200 WEDDINGS AT THE BED AND BREAKFAST.
















WHY NOT GO SEE THE COLUMBUS CLIPPERS WHEN VISITING THE BED AND BREAKFAST?

HOW CAN WE SMILE TODAY? I SAW A LITTLE BOY WALKING WITH HIS DAD
LITTLE LEGS BEATING TO A CADENCE OF IMPORTANCE
WTIH HIS LITTLE BROW GAZING FORWARD
TO KEEP UP PACE WITH WHOM HE WLL SOMEDAY BE.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

TRAVELER'S NOTES ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST

YOUTH HOSTEL UPDATE
GEORGE AND I ARE PLANNING TO REMODEL THE YOUTH HOSTEL AREA TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE COMFORTABLE.
WE ARE SETTING UP A LOUNGE AREA FOR THE BIKERS AND OTHER GUESTS SO THEY CAN WATCH TELEVISION, PLAY CARDS AND HAVE ACCESS TO A MICROWAVE. RECENTLY WE CONVERTED FROM AN OPEN DORM TO SEPARATE ROOMS. WE SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LAST 8 MILES OF THE BIKE TRAIL FINISHED BETWEEN LONDON AND COLUMBUS.

TO EACH OF YOU:

MAY EACH DAY BRING YOU JOY AND PEACE
I PRAY ANY SORROWS YOU HAVE MAY SOON CEASE.
BY SINGING LOUDLY THE SONGS OF HIS WORD.
A SOUND NOT VERY OFTEN HEARD.
A SOOTHING MELODY THAT CAN COMFORT
YOU AND ME
THROUGH GRACE BY FAITH THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FREE.











WHAT CAN MAKE YOU SMILE TODAY?
A POLITICIAN WHO BELIEVES THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

THE TRAVELER'S NOTEBOOK: ALEXANDRA'S BED AND BREAKFAST

VISITORS AND OURSELVES FEEL WE HAVE MADE NEW FRIENDS AND MEMORIES AT THE BED AND BREAKFAST.

YOU ARE TOLD---- AND IT IS SAID
THROUGH ACTIONS IF NOT WORDS.
BECOME THE SAME, DARE NOT TO STRIVE
TO GATHER THE SONGS THAT MAKE ONE SING.
THE PULL IS GREAT AND THE LOGIC SEEMS STRONG
TO SEEK THE COMFORT OF THE SAME.
BUT WE SHOULD STRIVE TO FIND THE SPOT
THAT SATIFIES HIM FROM WHOM WE CAME. (rb)

IT IS VERY GOOD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FRIENDS. BE TRUSTWORTHY, PATIENT, AND REAL WHEN FINDING FRIENDS, REMEMBER THEY NEED YOU ALSO.

WHAT CAN MAKE YOU SMILE TODAY?
HOW ABOUT TRYING VERY HARD TO STAY PERFECTLY HUMBLE.












"ALEXANDRA'S GRADUATION"