I saw a Manatee!
When I arrived in Tampa I drove up to see some shirt-tail relatives in Homosassa Springs. I got to spend some time with my second cousin, Bruce Blauer. Bruce is an actor and painter living in L.A. We saw each other last Christmas for the first time in 25 years and it was good to connect again. I admire his persistence in pursuing his passion for acting and living life from a creative center. Bruce took me out on the river to see a group of Manatee. One came right up to the pontoon and I got to pet it. They were huge– and hairy.
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“huge - and hairy”
Well, that’s a pretty good photo caption ya got there!
Hi Mark,
My name is Denise, and I like reading your blog and ReImagine/Emmaus Road stuff.
My husband and I live spittin’ distance from you in Pacifica — it’s been our home for 17 years (before that we were Calvary Chapelites living in the City). I admire you and your wife for heeding this certain call to raise a family up there in the Mission — yay, you found SF’s banana belt! We, along with a few other friends, left the city when our kids reached school age — but I love that we are still close by. My husband is a surfer/engineer and I teach technology at a local christian school. My two kids are college students at UC Santa Cruz and might hopefully visit Vintage Faith Church one day. Meanwhile we are in fellowship at Coastside Community Church where our new Pastor (Christian Missionary Alliance affiliated) serves up good spiritual food to a pretty mixed crowd. Last Sunday I noticed he referenced “Velvet Elvis” by Rob Bell which reminded me that I’ve intended to read some titles from emergent church authors but there are SO MANY of them that I don’t know where to begin. OK, I’ll read yours
. In the meantime I’m joining my first book group at the invitation of a new, non-christian friend and we’re reading Paul Coelho’s “The Alchemist”. It should be interesting, as I will be one of two christians hanging out and being all literary.
Anyway, I wanted to say that your post brought a much appreciated giggle today and prompted my first comment.
Thanks!
Comment by Denise — January 5, 2007 @ 5:02 pm