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Trina, a sister to our late daughter, Suzan, is my facebook friend. She lives in Independence, Missouri. She had been reading my posts about the peace and joy I have in the Lord, so she contacted me saying, "I want the same peace in my heart that you have. I want to come down there and be baptized." I explained that baptism is what takes place after we confess our sins, believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins, and that she would have to first confess her sins and place her trust in Jesus. Trina brought her six month old baby, Jaslyn, and her 13 year old son, Gannon, with her, and they spent the night. We invited Ryan, Paula, Addison and Hayes Palmer to have supper at our house with her. After we enjoyed a good time together around the table, Pastor Ryan explained to her all that she needed to know in order to follow Jesus. Trina said gladly that she wanted to do just that. and there in our dining room, she made a profession of faith, and declared her desire to follow Jesus in baptism. And on Sunday morning, at South Haven she was baptized. Before Pastor Ryan lowers a person into the water he asks the question, "Is Jeus Christ the Lord of your life?" In answer to this question, Trina said, "Yes!" After being baptized she came and sat with us for the rest of the service, and said she liked it a lot. But since she lives in Independence, MO, she needs to find a church near her home where she can connect with other Christians and grow spiritually. She will be hunting for one. We are helping her and so is Pastor Ryan. To celebrate her new life in Christ, we took her and her family to Lambert's for the "throwed roll" experience and that was a lot of fun! (I took a picture of Trina, Gannon and Jaslyn at Lambert's, but the picture didn't turn out.)
The temperature here has hovered near and over the 100 degree mark. So, I asked Swad to recall stories about being hot (as in too warm, much too warm). He told me the following stories:
When I was just a boy, my brothers and I slept upstairs in the old farm house. Whenever it got too hot to sleep upstairs, Mom would give each of us a quilt, we would carry our quilts outside, place them on the grass under a big oak tree and sleep there.
My mother always did her washing on Mondays, rubbing our dirty overalls over and over on a scub board to get them clean. She liked to heat the water with the chips from where dad sharpened fence posts. And she gave Junior and me a bushel basket and told us to go fill it with those chips. Of course, Junior and I were both barefooted, and I said, "Do you want to walk in the path on the way, or on the way back." Junior said, "I am the littlest and I get to walk in the path both ways. We got into a good fight over that, but in the end my little brother walked in the path both ways, while I walked on the old weeds and rocks that hurt my feet. I didn't think it was fair then, and I still don't!
We put up our hay by cutting it with a mower, raking it, put up loose on the wagon, and then from the wagon we pitched it up to the barn loft. It was very hot in those fields in the summer, but in the barn loft (with a tin roof) it was extremely hot. Dad liked to fill it clear to the top. Many times I thought I would pass out from the heat. Once we filled the loft all the way to the top, and left only a little space at the barn loft door. I couldn't even get back over to the ladder. My dad said, "Son, Jump and I will catch you." That was a very long jump for a little boy, but I trusted my daddy, who was standing on the wagon. I jumped, and he caught me.
Later, when we had hay to put up, Betty would sometimes ride her bicycle out to our farm and help in any way she could. She would drive the team of horses, while my brothers and I threw hay upon the wagon.
My dad told a story about a man who was about to be put in jail for not paying his bills. His neighbor, knowing the man's plight, told saw him sitting on the porch. Stopped and told him. him, "I will give you a wagon load of corn. You can have it to pay your bills. The man asked, "Is it shelled?" The neighbor said, "No," and the lazy man said, "Well, just go on then."
When we lived on a farm near Chadwick, the state had just put in a farm-to-market road. One of the supervisors, dressed in a white shirt and tie, came to our door and asked my mom for a drink of water. Mom replied, "I'm sorry, sir, there is not a drop of water in the house, but down by the foot of this hill, is a big spring and the water is always nice and cold there. So the man went down the hill. He was gone and gone and gone. Mother was about ready to send one of us boys down to see about him, when he appeared again at the door. There wasn't a dry thread on him. Mom said, "Sir did you find the spring?" He said, "Oh yes mam, I found it, but I'm thirstier now than when I went down there."
When Betty and I lived in Lawrence, Kansas, we lived in a converted garage. We just loved it, and we loved the Griswolds, the couple who lived in the big house. Our living space was downstairs, and we climbed a ladder to our bedroom. Of course it was hot in that bedroom that my ever creative wife would put the sheets in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator when we left for work. Just before time for us to go to bed, she would take out the sheets, spread them on the bed quickly, and we tried to get to sleep while they were still cool. (1951)
I got drafted.. When I was in basic training at Breckenridge, Kentucky, the summer of 1052. It was HOT, HOT, HOT! It became so hot that they cancelled our afternoon activities. They got us upat 4:00 a.m. and worked us until it became so unbearably hot that nothing was productive, and we had to return to the barracks.
On a number of afternoons we had to do our training with our fatigues, rather than full uniform, and quite a few of us passed out. They hauled us to one of the few air conditioned barracks, so when we came to, we were in air conditioning. When you pass out from the summer heat like that, you don't just get over it. It zaps you for days. That's when they changed to getting us up at four and we would train until one o'clock, then go to our barracks (which were very hot) and stay there until late in the evening and then resume our training.
One evening, the sergeant said., "We are getting up in the morning before daylight, and we are going to take a little trip." I thought, "By doggies! It's time they did something nice for us!"
That little trip turned out to be a twenty mile hike. What they didn't tell us is that we were going to walk that distance. I was marching behind a little fellow named Donald Smith from Topeka, Kansas, and He didn't have his back pack on right, and it was way down his back rather than on his shoulders. I thought, "that little shaver won't get very far until he passes out, and when he does, I'll wait until the next shady spot I see, and I'll pass out."
Well, I just kept watching him, and about sundown I looked up and we were marching back into the gates of Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky. I made that trip by keeping my eyes on a fellow soldier, Donald Smith.
I've done 1,030 weddings and some of them were not very comfortable. Wedding clothes are hot, and I did a wedding at Silver Dollar City at the Old Wilderness Church. It was so hot that the candles melted and started dripping. They finally just removed them. I thought the bride was going to faint any minute, (and I have had a bride or two faint on me) so I said the ceremony fast. When I finished the ceremony there wasn't a dry thread on me or on the wedding party. The relatives who were in charge of bringing the punch didn't show, so we had to get some lemonade from one of Silver Dollar City's stands. I was never so thirsty for lemonade as I was that day.
One of our youth, Robert Jones, at First Baptist Church, Richland, was a guide at Bridal Cave, near Camdenton, Missouri. When couples didn't have a pastor, Robert would tell them. "I can get you a preacher." Then he would persuade me to come do weddings at the cave. It The weddings were in the cathedral room of the cave where the stalagmites and stalactites had grown together, giving one wall of that room in the cave the appearance of a huge pipe organ. The guide would strike those formations with a mallet, making a musical sound. The people touring the cave made up the congregation. I would say the ceremony. Then after refreshments were served, the bride and groom would leave for their honeymoon, and the tourists would go on to other rooms in the cave. I think people are still getting married in Bridal Cave, but when we moved to Springfield in 1970 I stopped doing weddings there.
Weddings at Stone Chapel at Drury University here in Springfield were always very hot when I was performing them. (I think they have air conditioned the place now.) It was a beatiful sanctuary, and brides wanted to have their weddings there because it was such a pretty place. Sometimes they didn't realize it wasn't air conditioned until time for the wedding rehearsal. I've seen a lot of sweaty brides there, and this preacher, in his tuxedo was sweating, too!
When dad was pastor of Pythian Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield, we had a Baptist Brotherhood. A man we called, "Paddle Pool" made the chili one night. It was not fire hot, but it was very, very pepper hot. Betty's dad, who had a very dry sense of humor, took one bite and said, "Well, I've preached about hell for over fifty years, but this is the first time I ever tasted it."
The Grand Swadley Grands – Summer of 2012
KRISTEN (23) is engaged to Joshua Bloyd, and they are planning their September 29 wedding which will be at Forest Park Baptist Church in Joplin, MO. She showed us pictures of her elegant wedding dress, and we know she will be an absolutely gorgeous bride. Kristen is beautiful inside and out, and of course we are very proud of her. Both Kristen and Joshua are students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Kristen is studying to be a childhood education director in the church. She has two part-time jobs: Lifeway Book Store and the associational office which is next door to the book store. Joshua is a ministerial student. He is Youth Director at Trinity Baptist Church in Fort Worth and also works part-time as an electrician for the seminary. We are excited to be adding Joshua to our family. Joshua and Kristen recently took a group of youth from Trinity for a retreat to Durango, Colorado, where they did rock climbing, rappelling, white water rafting, hiking, and Bible study.
ANDREW (17) will be a senior at Joplin High School in the fall. Since the May 22, 2011, tornado totally destroyed the high school building and everything in it, the juniors and seniors have attended school at a remodeled building at the mall (the old Venture building). School in this building is very high tech, so Andrew doesn't mind a bit. He lettered in golf for Joplin High School. At six feet, two inches, Andrew is the tallest member of our family. A young man of few words, he had a very creative way of inviting his date to the prom (see picture). In June he went with his parents and sister to Destin, Florida, where the whole family enjoyed beach activities. This summer he is working as a Life Guard at a Joplin country club pool, and enjoys interacting with the children there, because they all seem to like him and respect him. He is currently taking some time off to attend a Young Life camp in Minnesota, where he hopes it is much cooler.
CHRISTINA (17) has just returned from Europe . She was chosen as a band member for Kentucky Ambassadors (a select high school group). She plays trumpet, and reports that she could not have had a better time, making new friends, experiencing new cultures, seeing new and wonderful sights. The band performed concerts in London, England; Paris, France ; Seefeld , Austria ; Crans Montana , Switzerland ; and Rotenberg , Germany . She will be a senior at Lone Oak High School in Paducah , KY when school begins. Between now and then she will spend a week at marching band camp. She is active in all of the youth activities of Lone Oak First Baptist Church , where her dad is Minister of Music, and often plays the keyboard for the contemporary worship service.
OLIVIA (14) has been to Big Stuff Camp with the Lone Oak First Baptist Church Youth, and she recently spent a week at her other grandparents' home near Cox's Creek, Kentucky, taking a good friend with her. While there, they went to a big mall in Louisville and to the Louisville zoo. She and Christina and her parents spent a week with us in Springfield, MO , earlier this summer. When Mark's family is here, we always play a lot of games. Olivia and I played a lot of Buzz Word, just the two of us, because both of us like word games. She will be a freshman at Lone Oak High School in Paducah when school begins. (And they begin early in Paducah – August 9th, I think) She plays the French horn and piano. She is very active in youth activities as Lone Oak First Baptist Church , where her daddy is Minister of Music, and sometimes plays keyboard for youth worship. Olivia has been working at church this summer for her daddy.
Savoring Sunday July 8 at South Haven
Our Worship:
Cooler weather was promised, but it was still terribly hot (in the nineties) as we set out for South Haven Sunday morning. Parking lots with all that concrete reflecting the sun are particularly hot. But the inside of our church was comfortably cool.
When we walked in a tad late, the congregation was singing, "Jesus Saves." We joined in on "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms," "Grace, Greater than our Sins," and an old South Haven favorite, "He is Here." Worship Pastor Danny Heath led the choir in a lovely anthem, a totally different version of "Jesus Saves." And a wonderful soloist, Michelle Brown, (new to us) sang, "Hallelujah, Praise the Lamb."
Pastor Ryan Palmer's good sermon was taken from Ephesians 4:17-24, and he gave it the title, "Two Ways to Walk."
The Way of the World is: 1- Empty, 2-Blind and 3- Desensitized (hardened)
The Walk of a Christ Follower is 1- Rid yourself of what is no longer fitting (just like cleaning out a closet) 2- Renew your mind and 3- Replace former vices with new virtues.
After encouraging us to rid ourselves of all of the things that hinder us and tie us down our pastor closed his message with this wonderful parable:
"A farmer found a baby eaglet on the ground after it was knocked out of its nest during a storm and abandoned by its mother. The farmer put it in his chicken coop and nursed it back to health. After a couple of years of being around the chickens, the now fully grown eagle was pecking around the pen like all the others. Eventually, the farmer decided the eagle needed to learn to be what it was made to be.
"He took the eagle in his hands and said to it, "You are an eagle, and you were meant to fly, so FLY!" He threw it into the air and it came down with a thud.
"He then took it to the loft of his barn and said the same. Again, the eagle came down with a hard thud.
"So he took it to the edge of his property where a high cliff overlooked a river valley. Again, he said, "You are an eagle, and you were meant to fly, so FLY!"
"As the bird began to plummet to earth, instinct took over and it stretched out its wings and soared!"
The Mission Minute was about the 79 students who are leaving Friday to do mission work in Denver, Colorado. We prayed for those students, and will continue to do so.
Our Bible Study:
Jack Tuckness continued the theme of living a victorious Christian life with a lesson from Romans, chapters seven and eight, a record of the Apostle Paul's struggle to live like Jesus.
Lunch with friends was like icing on the cake. Then we relaxed the remainder of the day, just enjoying each other and counting our blessings.
First Week in July Celebrations
The Glasses and The Presleys
Few things in life give us more pleasure than enjoying events with old friends. So we were thrilled when we learned Joe and Janelle Glass of Lufkin, Texas, were coming to Branson! Last Thursday night we met them at The Presleys Country Music Jubilee, picked up our complimentary tickets and drove to Cracker Barrel for supper. The Glasses had reservations in Estes Park at the YMCA, but when the fires occurred near there burning 22 homes, they changed their plans and came back to Branson, where they spent their honeymoon a year ago April. We talked and talked and listened and listened, catching up on what has been happening in their church and their lives since we were last together, and they catching up with us.
Then we made our way back to The Presleys in time to participate in the mezzanine gospel sing. A wonderfully talented man sings, plays piano, harp, harmonica, and leads those who gather early in songs ranging from "The Old Rugged Cross" to "Just a Closer Walk With Thee." Joe is an accomplished singer and sometimes I stopped singing just to listen to him. Swad was sitting directly behind me singing tenor, and sometimes I just listened to him, and thanked God that he is doing so well following serious heart surgery in August of 2011. We always enjoy The Presleys! And never tire of the antics of Herkimer and Cecil, top notch comedians – the best in Branson! Eric Presley, who plays Cecil, broke his foot two days before opening night and had to revamp his whole routine. He uses crutches, a knee
scooter and a motorized wheel chair, and we thought he is even funnier than usual. His six year old son, Ben, is hilarious as Little Cecil. Several years ago, Eric married Kelli Cogdill, a South Haven girl, and Swad had the privilege of marrying them. The music at the show is very good. We especially enjoy the men's quartet. Bruce Haynes does a magnificent job on "Praise His Name," a song he wrote. The Glasses were going to see Joseph and were going on a dinner cruise on The Branson Belle, the next two days, and we drove back home (because we had other responsibilities) happy to know that they were going to join us at church on Sunday.
Patriotic Service on July 1 at South Haven Baptist Church
I wore my red, white and blue and arrived early at South Haven so Swad could join the combined Saints Alive Choir and Chancel Choir in a pre-service rehearsal, While he rehearsed I watched our church family come in and visited with friends in anticipation of the service. Sure enough, Joe and Janelle Glass joined me on our second row pew, and sang with us and our church family, "America the Beautiful," and "My Country 'Tis of Thee," and a chorus, "Think About His Love." Worship Pastor Danny Heath led the combined choirs in the inspiring, "Heal Our Land," and Swad looked great and I'm sure sounded great in the tenor section in his red choir shirt This anthem was new to my ears, but I liked the words of the chorus, "Heal our land, Hear your people pray, Help us seek your face, Heal our land!" I was able before and after the service to introduce Joe and Janelle to several of our friends.
The Men's Quartet sang a medley featuring "I'm Proud to Be An American," and received a rare in worship service standing ovation.
My heart swelled with love for our Lord, and love for our country, and I thanked God for our freedom to worship in this place and with these people.
Pastor Ryan Palmer's excellent message was titled "How Firm a Foundation." His text was Psalm 11, and he guided us to reflect on America's Crumbling Foundations of 1 – Crumbling Family (a George Barna survey revealed that 33% of Christian marriages end in divorce, a statistic no different than non-Christians.) 2 – Crumbling faith 3 – Crumbling Financial (It would cost each person in our country more than $500,000 to pay off the national debt! 4 – Crumbling freedoms
Pastor Palmer then asked, "What is God Doing? 1 – God is reigning is power. 2 – God is testing our faithfulness. 3 – God is assuring His justice.
And then, "What can we do?" 1 – Stand firm in our faith (Ephesians 6:13) 2 – Remain faithful (Revelation 2:10 3 - Pray. (Psalm 11:7)
Joe and Janelle went with us to Sunday School.
Our teacher, Jack Tuckness was late because he stayed in second service long enough to watch the dedication of his newest grandchild, Delaina Gammon. But when he came, he made up for lost time, and skillfully got the entire lesson into a shorter time. The lesson was from John 16. Jesus is telling his disciples that he must leave them, but it is to their advantage because He will send a Comforter, who will counsel them and guide them.
We are so blessed to have Jack as our teacher. He became our Youth and Music Director at First Baptist Church, Richland, and on July 4, 1971, he and Winnie followed us to South Haven where Jack also served as Youth Director for a long time. Now he coaches Speech and Debate at Central High School, Springfield's IB school. AND he teaches our senior adult Sunday School Class which averaged around sixty in attendance every Lord's Day.
We took the Glasses to Hemingway's for their delicious Sunday brunch; then went downstairs at Bass Pro long enough to take pictures in front of the big bear and other wildlife displays. Joe and Janelle followed us home and visited for too short a time before returning to Branson.
Fireworks at the Bilyeu Farm (more fun with old friends)
We cherish any invitation from Bob and Connie Bilyeu, dear friends from Chestnutridge Days in the 1950s! So we were happy to join Connie's extended family on the shady lawn of the home in Spokane, MO, where Connie grew up. We took niece Becky Swadley with us to enjoy a hot dogs picnic, with all the 4th of July trimmings including watermelon and home-made ice cream. We confess to eating inside in air conditioning. So, did many others, and we especially enjoyed getting to know a granddaughter of Rick and Gay Lea Thomas. Little Nora is two years old and sang for us part of "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart." So cute.
Later we went outside; positioning our lawn chairs so we could watch the many children gathered there shoot their fireworks. There were continual pops and sizzles for over three hours! We watched a lot of fountains and colorful smoke type fireworks. Everything around us is so terribly dry, and temperatures have been hovering around 100 degrees for many days. Because of fire danger, bottle rockets and most aerial items were forbidden. Jody Bilyeu stood ready with a hose, and kept the fireworks site, a grassy field, watered down. More fun than watching the fireworks even was watching the older children enjoy them and the younger children cover their ears with their hands! Jody and Mark had planned a finale with just two or three colorful bursts shooting high and lighting up the sky. We drove home giving thanks to our Lord for old friends – the Glasses and then the Bilyeus – who made the last few days in our lives very happy ones!
On the actual Fourth, Swad and I sat in our cool family room and watched Cardinal Baseball, and then The Boston Pops, which is our favorite TV celebration of Independence Day. Music ranged from "The Stars and Stripes Forever" to the finale of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic! We love the Boston Pops!
Our Living Wreath
My wonderful daughter in law, Sheri, always makes a living wreath for me. Her dad, Jack Alexander, makes the grape vine wreath, then Sheri plants it with beautiful flowers and brings it to us. It stays on our front porch all summer to welcome our guests. Thank you, Sheri!
Marketplace, South Haven's version of VBS, is this week. It is always an exciting time with over 700 children and 300 leaders learning more about the Bible. This year the theme is the life of Joseph, and instead of a Israeli village, the shops area has taken on an Egyptian flair
Maria Neider, newscaster for the local NBC affiliate, is one of the preschool leaders. When I asked her if I could use her pictures in my blog, she graciously gave permission. We aren't there this year, because we are both 83, Swad is still recovering from August heart surgery, and the temperatures are in the high nineties and even over 100.
So, we've stayed home and prayed for those working, and for the children. And we've enjoyed Marketplace through other people's Facebook posts.
This is the 21st year for Marketplace. For old times' sake I've included two or three of my pictures from earlier years, when Swad was a greeter and a story teller.
Betty Swadley
Visitors from Kentucky – Mark, Beth, Christina and Olivia
When they pulled out of the driveway
When they pulled out of the driveway headed for their home in Paducah, a red bird, high in the Holly tree, was singing at the top of his voice.
From my perch on the front porch bench, I asked the bird, "Why are you singing? Don't you know Mark, Beth, Christina and Olivia are gone, and we won't see them again until late September when they come for Kristen's wedding!" The red bird told me to quit feeling sorry for myself and to get happy by remembering the wonderful week we've had together.
Shortly after they arrived on Monday evening, John came from Joplin to have supper withthem and us. I made chicken noodle casserole, green beans, crock pot corn, hot rolls and ambrosia, with angel food cake, strawberries and ice cream for dessert. (Sheri was at AWANA camp in Arkansas, and Andrew was lifeguarding at a Joplin country club pool.) We had a great evening visiting, exchanging church news, John showing us his Thailand pictures and remembering other fun times with the family. Continue reading
Tulsa Choir trip
Swad is one of five retired pastors
Swad is one of five retired pastors who sings in South Haven's fifty member "Saints Alive" Choir. The choir is directed by Bob Woolley, who is the retired Director of the Music Department of the Missouri Baptist Convention.
Bob and Margaret are now active members of South Haven, and we enjoy being in the same Sunday School Class with them. The choir is so good, in fact, Bob Woolley received an invitation for them to do a forty minute concert at the Southern Baptist Church Music Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 6th.
They chartered a bus, bought lovely new blouses and shirts and headed to Tulsa. We rode with Bob and Connie Bilyeu rather than on the bus.
My Daddy
When I was a little girl, my Daddy, (who was 57 years old when I was born) would tell me about his life as an evangelist and church planter in Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado. My mother didn't like to hear stories about the old days, so he didn't tell them very often.
I loved hearing about how he and the other ministers were invited to ride their horses up Lookout Mountain as a part of the funeral procession of Buffalo Bill. He told of being in on the ground floor of churches like Pythian Avenue, Grant Avenue, Boulevard Baptist Churches in Springfield, and that he planted First Baptist Church of Golden, Colorado. (We went there once on vacation and verified this.) Continue reading
Young Love
May 29 was a wonderful day of young love in our family.
Our granddaughter Kristen became engaged to a fine, Godly young man, Joshua Bloyd. Kristen is a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
She is studying religious education with the emphasis on children. Joshua is also a student there studying ministry.
He wanted to propose to her in her home town, so on the day he asked John for permission to marry Kristen, he also asked for suggestions for a romantic outdoors place to propose. John steered him toward a little brook and bridge.
So on May 29 he took Kristen for a hike to the bridge and surprised her with his proposal. Continue reading


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Summer is finally, officially upon us. Because the city can get a bit stifling over these warmest of months, we've put together a list of adventures worth doing outside of town, where you'll find more trees and shores than sun-attracting concrete. Some are kind of unusual, many are kid-friendly and all are wildly entertaining.
Do You Live In One of Philly's Most Expensive Suburbs?
Is this even a list you want your town to be on? Unlike their "10 Best Philadelphia Suburbs" list, which inspired a lot discussion some weeks ago, Movoto has taken a dollar centric approach with their latest catalog: the 10 most expensive Philadelphia suburbs.
Movoto's Cassie Sheets says data examined included median home values, cost of living, affordability ratio (that is, "median home value divided by median household income"), and the percentage of income spent on rent. Much like their "10 Best," AreaVibes was hit up for help in narrowing down the list, as was data from the U.S. Census. All this info was then averaged "into one overall Big Deal Score where the lowest scores were our most expensive Philadelphia suburbs."
You can see the full list below, but here are the top 10–do you see your 'burb on the list?:
The Ultimate Recycled Christmas Tree Maze Opens in Media
It's that point in January when I start to make fun of people who still have their holiday decorations up. However, at one Media farm, they're just getting started with thousands of Christmas trees.
Linvilla Orchards opened their Ultimate Recycled Tree Maze, which uses unsold Christmas trees from around the region. Normally, these unloved trees get chopped into mulch or end up in landfills, but Linvilla has given them second life in a wildly challenging family puzzle. Read more »
Erdon Has Officially Opened In the Moorestown Mall
It's finally here! After two decades in its former Marlton space, Erdon has set up shop in a somewhat unlikely new spot: the Moorestown Mall. (Yes, really.) Here's what you need to know: The space is cavernous (2,500 square feet), it packs a larger selection of hard-to-find brands like Ivan Grundahl and Acne, and it's every bit a high-fashion boutique—in a mall.
Are Suburban Schools Immoral?
Quick question on the first day of kindergarten in Philly public schools: Is it actually immoral to take your kid and flee the city for suburban schools?
Silly question, right? After all, city families have been fleeing to the 'burbs (or to private schools) for decades. We don't really blink at the process, because of course the right answer to the question is to do whatever it takes to get your child the best education possible.
But maybe there's an alternative argument.
Can Wild Boar Save the Suburban Mall?
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT—THIS IS MARC VETRI'S OSTERIA. It's 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, with a 45-minute wait and good-looking people standing three-deep at the bar. Ever-present beverage director Steve Wildy hustles in his ever-present dark gray suit, uncorking the second $75-plus bottle of red for two beefy guys who loom over a Lombarda pizza, which Food & Wine deemed the restaurant's "signature" pie. Chef and partner Brad Spence, his whites strangely clean, surveys the dining room, which is tight and loud and thick with the aromas of braised rabbit and dry-aged rib eye and that magical wild boar bolognese. It's exactly what we expect Osteria to be.
Except for one little hitch—the giant blue neon sign shining in through the front windows: SEARS.
Because here's the thing: We're not on North Broad.
We're in a mall.
And not the swanky King of Prussia mall, or even the newly Nordstrom-ed Cherry Hill Mall.
We're in the Moorestown Mall.
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This means that large numbers of Philly residents left the city between 2007 and 2011 specifically to live in Montgomery County.
All of the Philly Bars I Went to In My 20s Have Closed
The end of Sugar Mom's marked it: The bars of my youth are gone. The places I haunted as a 20-something are closed. Alfa, Sugar Mom's, Bar Noir, Mad River, Lucy's Hat Shop — kaput. Add Khyber Pass to that list, too, because while Khyber today is a very nice restaurant, it looks nothing like it did 10 years ago: a grimy club bar with writing on the bathroom walls and a second floor that shook when the band played too loud — which was always.
Philadelphia was not the same back then, either, not when I got my ticket to drink legally in 2001. No one was trying to re-brand the Gayborhood for marketing purposes. The dining scene was Le Bec Fin — period. No one was trying to convert everything into a condo. Of course this was before the domination of Facebook and Twitter, but we'd never have created a hashtag to make ourselves feel better for choosing Philadelphia. We were not city snobs. We didn't need to tell people why we hung out in the city, or scream for validation. We just did.
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Playboy's College Football Pigskin Preview includes Oklahoma in poll
Step aside other polls, Playboy's College Football Pigskin Preview hits stands in September. It includes a top 25 poll and honors. Playboy also picks USC to go undefeated and win the national title. In it's preseason Top 25 poll, Oklahoma ranked at No. 5 behind USC, LSU, Alabama and Oregon, respectively.
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Running Backs: Montee Ball – Wisconsin; Knile Davis – Arkansas
Wide Receivers: Tavon Austin – West Virgina; Sammy Watkins -Clemson
Tight End: Tyler Eifert – Notre Dame
Offensive Linemen: Khaled Holmes – USC; Barrett Jones – Alabama; Ricky Wagner – Wisconsin; Chance Warmack – Alabama; D.J. Fluker - Alabama
Defensive Linemen: William Gholston – Michigan State; Star Lotulelei -Utah; Kawann Short – Purdue; Jadeveon Clowney – South Carolina
Linebackers: Jarvis Jones – Georgia; Manti Te'o – Notre Dame; Chase Thomas – Stanford
Defensive Backs: Tyrann Mathieu – LSU; David Amerson – NC State; Eric Reid – LSU; Nickell Robey – USC
Kicker: Caleb Sturgis – Florida
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Teahen earns second straight Hutch Award nomination
Royals infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen is a finalist for the Hutch Award for the second straight year. He is the only repeat nominee from last year's group of 10 finalists. The honor is given to the MLB player who best exemplifies the spirit and competitive desire of Fred Hutchinson, a baseball player who passed away from cancer in 1964 at the age of 45.
Mark participates in numerous community appearances throughout the year and is the spokesperson for Kansas City's Challenger Division baseball program.
The other nominees are Jonny Gomes, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Mark Lowe, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis, Kevin Millwood, Justin Morneau and Albert Pujols.
The Royals have had three Hutch winners (George Brett, 1980, Dennis Leonard, 1986 and Mike Sweeney, 2007). This year's award will be the 45th. Mickey Mantle accepted the first award in 1965 and Boston's Jon Lester was the 2008 recipient. Other recipients include Hall-of-Famers Sandy Koufax, Carl Yastrzemski, Al Kaline, Willie McCovey and Lou Brock.
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Another great event has been added to FanFest weekend…a baseball awards dinner. The January 16 event at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel will be the first awards dinner held by the Royals since 2001. Kansas City's 2008 award winners, Pitcher of the Year Joakim Soria, Player of the Year Mike Aviles, and Special Achievement winner Zack Greinke will be honored. Ten additional honors, listed below, will be presented.
Dan Quisenberry Special Achievement Award – recognizing an outstanding member of the community
Matt Minker Award – recognizing an outstanding minor league affiliate employee
Art Stewart Scout of the Year – recognizing an outstanding scout
Dick Howser Player Development Person of the Year – recognizing an outstanding member of player development
Mike Sweeney Award – recognizing a player who best represents the organization on and off the field
Willie Wilson Base Runner of the Year – recognizing the organization's top base runner
Frank White Defensive Player of the Year – recognizing the organization's top defensive player
Paul Splittorff Pitcher of the Year – recognizing the organization's top pitcher
George Brett Hitter of the Year – recognizing the organization's top hitter
Ewing Kauffman Mr. Baseball Award – recognizing an overall contribution to baseball in the Kansas City area
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Would the real Billy Butler please stand up
He's tearing up opponents right now. Last night he hit his third homer in the team's last three games.
Not surprisingly they've won 2 of 3, notching victories in the games in which he's gone yard.
Today we're going to talk about Butler, who has the second highest average in the Majors over his last eight since August 24 (.500, Boston's Dustin Pedroia is at .512) and note something that hasn't happened since 1999. To do that, let's go Around the Horn…
Part of Billy Butler's surge can be attributed to "letting go." Manager Trey Hillman told reporters that Butler said twice during batting practice in Detroit that he needed to "let it go." Hillman said Butler felt like he was feeling for things too much. He repeatedly said to himself "I got to let it go."
Apparently he has. Butler is in the midst of an eight-game hitting streak, though you could call it a hitting barrage. He's 16-for-32 during the streak and has an RBI for every game in the streak. Last night he cracked a deep shot to left-center for a three-run homer and added another RBI later, tying a season high with four RBI. He also put together his seventh three-hit game.
Butler has been pretty solid since the All-Star break, though his average drooped slightly, he's re-adjusted to the league and is turning things on in a big way. He's raised his batting average a full 20 points since the streak started and is now at .281.
Last season Butler hit eight dingers and 52 RBI. This year he's at 10 and 50 and the team has 25 games left.
Zack Greinke pitched his way to his 10th victory of the season last night. Not only is that good news for Greinke, who continues to add to his career year (he's at career bests in wins, quality starts, strikeouts and after last night, ERA), but it's great news for the Royals.
Greinke is tied with Gil Meche in wins and it's the first year the Royals have had two double-digit game winners since 1999, when Jose Rosado and Jeff Suppan both tallied 10. Greinke's strikeouts are also the most for a Royal since Kevin Appier put down 196. If Greinke punches out an average of seven or eight an outing for the rest of the season, he's got a shot to challenge Appier's total or even push for 200.
It's a tall order, but he's been mowing them down all season and produced eight K's last night. So he's definitely got the ability to do it.
Joakim Soria recorded the 51st save of his career and moved into fifth all-time on the Royals career saves list, passing Mike MacDougal who had 50. Soria needs 3 more to catch Roberto Hernandez at fourth and seven to match Doug Bird in third. After Bird, the all-time saves list gets a little tougher. Soria is 187 shy of Dan Quisenberry in second and he needs 253 to catch Jeff Montgomery who sits in first…Billy Butler became the sixth Royal to reach double-digits in homers. It's the most since the 2003 team had eight guys with 10 or more…Ryan Shealy hit his first home run in his first game back in the Majors. His last MLB game was June 27, 2007 and his last homer was June 6, 2007…From Trey Hillman's Press Conference: Hillman trusts Ron Mahay when he says he's ready to pitch, but he will be careful in using Mahay. Expect to see him in less stressful situations and earlier in ball games to start…Also: Hillman said he studies the statistics and compares his club with others. As far as bullpen usage, he said the Royals are comparable and he likes where the relievers are set up at the moment and will continue to "go with the hot hand in the eighth"…Finally: There's been a lot of speculation about Mike Aviles' status next season. Hillman said he's comfortable playing Aviles at short or second. During Spring Training he would have said he'd prefer to have Aviles at second, but Aviles didn't play much short in Arizona. Now Hillman would say short, but he's seen more of Aviles at short than second now. Hillman also complemented Alberto Callaspo on his defensive work at second, specifically the double play he turned on Saturday.
Having the A's in town doesn't totally feel like a road trip for a few of their players. Mike Sweeney, the 13-year Royal and one-time captain in Kansas City, was activated today from the Disabled List. Sweeney chose to wear No. 5 this season for the Athletics, in honor of the lone Royal player in Cooperstown, George Brett. Sweeney exchanged lineup cards last night during the pre-game conference.
Sweeney has a familiar face in the visiting clubhouse. Former Royal Emil Brown is now with Oakland, but he was not in the lineup last night.
Other A's with local ties: Reliever Brad Ziegler pitched at Odessa High School and Missouri State University in Springfield. Reliever Josh Outman, who made his Major League debut last night, pitched at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. And reliever Joey Devine is from Junction City, Kansas, and we noticed a littler cheering section for him during last night's game.
Tonight's lineup: As Around the Horn was finishing this post, we heard the game was called. You can still enjoy the notes which were for today's game.
The game will be made up tomorrow at 4:10. Brian Bannister is still scheduled to throw and Kyle Davies will throw the second game of the double-dip.
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I have 3 girls...and part of me hoped I was having another so I wouldn't have to deal with the whole circumcision thing... ughhh and now I do. lol. I was looking it up last night.. researching reasons, pros/cons, the procedure, everything... and it scares me. Yes I want it done.. for the obvious health benefits.. but the pain of the procedure scares me... and also the way that it is done. Does ANYONE know if they are required to numb the babies first? I had read that a lot of doctors won't.. and it was also said that performing the procedure on an older male without numbing would be "barbaric" bc of the pain... which infants feel too. What are your stories, opinions, etc about circumcision ( aside from religious reasons), don't want to start a war.. but I read babies actually act and behave differntly afterwards and that it is actually quite painful. And yes, while I know the baby will most likely not remember this when they r older... I still do not want to cause my son tremendous pain... I will only let them circumcise if they use numbing and pain relief.... Alright... please comment! :)
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DS cried when they gave him the numbing shot....NO WAY would I have it done without the numbing shot. Anyways he really honestly didn't mind it at all....you'll have a lot of people say that they're withdrawn and traumatized, but DS was fine and never acted like it bothered him at all.
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My DS is circumcisized.. It was a rough couple of days and I was there for the procedure.. which was hard, but we have had no complications. I did it because his dad wanted it done. I didn't care either way. It's a personal decision you should make after you research it and talk to his doctor. This is a touchy subject for some. Be warned...
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Although France remained in many respects a feudal state, with rigid lines of caste separating class from class, her civilization was more distinctive than that of Spain or England, subtler, richer, more variegated than that of any other European state, and the intellectual content of this culture was mingled with a humanism that infected all the arts and sciences. With little affection for free institutions, but with a sympathetic and imaginative understanding of other races, including the primitive, she had the ability to share her native heritage with other lands. Macaulay's lofty pronouncement on the France of Louis XIV bears repetition. "She had forced the Castilian pride to yield her the precedence. She had summoned Italian princes to prostrate themselves at her footstool. Her authority was supreme on all matters of breeding from a duel to a minuet. She determined how a gentleman's coat must be cut, how long his peruke must be, whether his heels must be high or low, and whether the lace on his hat be broad or narrow."
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The restyling of the Volkswagen Polo is today more than a rumor, but according to have been released on the web specializing worldcarfans , a new variant of German utility has been hunted.
The truth is that this new Volkswagen Polo no significant developments. In fact, it would be difficult to realize that this is a new Polo if you do not say that the bumper has been slightly modified and that the air intake is even bigger now.
What seems quite likely that, following the line of the new VW Group models, go to renew their connectivity and multimedia systems. Something normal considering that has been in business for four years.
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NY Times Bestseller At Last!
Yesterday the bundle, A Kiss of Christmas Magic, was listed on the NY Times bestseller list at spot #11. It pegged #31 on the USA Today bestseller list. For those that follow this blog, my newsletter, or website / Facebook page, you might remember the second longest story in that bundle is by Dawn Michelle. Dawn Michelle happens to be the name my wife and I write under (and it's also her name, if you want to get technical). So, in a roundabout way, that means after five years of being a professional writer, I'm finally a NY Times bestselling author. Queue up the confetti, sirens, parade, and line of celebratory cocktails.
Then I checked my daily sales this morning. On the same day I sold 19 books and Dawn Michelle sold 4. How's that for taking the wind out of my sails? Or sales…whichever spelling you prefer (see what I did there?)
I have to say that, hands down, the group of writers I worked with where fun, amazing, and professional. Well, a few times we might not have been professional, but it was in a fun and energizing sort of way. The point is, every one of them deserves it, and every one of them is a damn fine writer on their own merits.
What the process also told me is that being a great writer isn't nearly enough. I always believed that if you write a good book, and write enough of them, the volume and quality of work will speak for itself. The readers and sales will come. Life will be good. After nearly writing 70 books and receiving a lot of outstanding reviews and praise, I'm here to say that enough isn't enough.
To hit the list we needed the combined might of a whole lot of fan bases, first and foremost. Some of the authors have dedicated fans in numbers that left me staggering. I learned a LOT in the process, including the sheer masses of paranormal romance readers that are out there. I mean…wow! There's a lot.
But that wasn't enough, we needed more. That more came in the form of literally thousands of dollars spent in advertising. I can't begin to grasp where all of it went, but there was a lot of ads out there getting the word out. That was a huge contributer. It bumped us up to our peak of #15 on the Amazon bestselling chart (all paid books).
So this is me being happy and also warning fledgling writers out there. Sure, there will always be exceptions to the rule that skyrocket to the top for no reason other than right time, right place, right luck. The over 99.9999% of us have to bust our asses. It's a business and there's no such thing as fair play. Write your asses off and understand it doesn't end there. There's a lot more to it than that. And if you're like me without a budget for such extras, that means figuring it out and finding the time to do it yourself.
Good luck my friends – now that I've hit the NY Times list my plans are… write another book.
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Snuggling Up With a Naughty Nook to Read
I was stricken by some inspiration last night to do some data mining. It happens every now and then, I'm a numbers and stats junkie. Hey, admitting I have a problem is the first step to overcoming it, right?
So anyhow, I focused on my 3rd quarter Smashwords results. I've been experimenting with Kindle Unlimited on Amazon and trying to figure out the best way to reach the most people. Sales have taken an epic leap into a giant brown and smelly sinkhole, so every person reached is bigger than ever.
What I found was very interesting, to say the least. Over the July – September period, I made roughly $800 on iTunes. Whether that's good or bad is irrelevant for this discussion. Why? Because Dawn Michelle, my wife, made $80 on iTunes in the same period. My theory behind that is iTunes customers prefer science fiction and fantasy over paranormal romance.
The next significant sales figures came from Barnes and Noble. For Jason Halstead (that's me, in case you're just joining), I had $0 sales at B&N via Smashwords. Not surprising, almost all of my B&N titles go directly through B&N. They work out to approximately $10 – $30 a month in royalties. Nothing to get excited about. Dawn Michelle, on the other hand, rocked well over $400 on B&N sales for that 3 month period!
There's really only one conclusion I can draw from this data – Nook readers like smut! Okay, maybe that's too rough. They like romance. Paranormal romance. With some spice. In other words…furry porn. (sorry, I couldn't resist).
So what does this mean for me? Well, I've moved some of my titles over to strictly being on Amazon and taking part in KDP Select / KU to allow borrowing. It's saved my bacon so far this month too. I haven't seen sales this low in 3 years and I don't know what the hell is going on, but KU borrows are making up for the lackluster sales by averaging 5 – 10 borrows a day. My wife's books, on the other hand, have done better by being available on multiple venues (especially those naughty nook owners – god bless you folks!), so we're going to make sure her new series stays as available as possible.
Her new series? It's paranormal romance again – and the beta readers are saying it's even better than the Claimed by the Beast series. It picks up after her story in A Kiss of Christmas Magic ($.99 bundle of over 1200 pages written by 20 different authors – it's available as of today). And it continues the original Claimed by the Beast series by telling Beth's story after the fur settles. Oh, and this time, instead of shifters, the focus is vampires.
I know, I know, a vampire romance…sigh. But she's made good on her promise that there will be no sparkling.
Crap, the new series is called Blood Kissed, and the first book (First Kiss) is available for pre-order. Book 2 is called Forever Kiss and is in the editing stages now.
As for me? Book 2 in my Serpent's War series, I'm shooting to have it out sometime in the Christmas – early January time frame. Even though sales have been abysmal for book 1, it's a great story and I have to write it. And, hopefully, more people will get into it as time passes.
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Tools for the Neurotic Writer
Not so long ago Amazon came out with a new tool for writers. A reporting dashboard that shows close to real time sales of their books on KDP. It's cool, I have to admit, and really helps see how things are unfolding in a meaningful way. Things like promotions, new releases, price changes, etc.. And it helps the neurotic writer that can't help but check their sales constantly have the data at hand almost immediately.
Me, I got over the addiction to staring at numbers a long time ago. Now I still check regularly, but not for a narcotic buzz. I do it to track progress and have reliable data on what works and what doesn't. It's a constant ever-learning process too, so it's important to know what's going on. And, I'll admit, there are times when a big surge will still make me giddy as a school girl. Although I can't ever remember seeing a giddy school girl, you get the idea.
Last night we (myself and Dawn Michelle, my ravishing wife) released the fifth part of her Claimed by the Beast paranormal serial romance. This morning when I checked a few minutes ago to see if it had gained much traction I saw an amazing thing. Not only is it doing quite well so far, but for the first time in, like, ever we've sold more books today than we've given away as freebies. The difference is pretty minimal (9 books more sold), but I've never seen anything like that before. I don't expect to see it again, honestly, but it's pretty cool.
Why not? Well, I have multiple books that are free and the first one in Dawn's Claimed by the Beast series is free also. Want to know more about them? Here's the links:
And here's the cover and blurb from Dawn's latest serial:
The life of a teenage girl is never a simple thing. From drama to decisions made without considering the repercussions, Crystal has to live with the consequences. Her mistakes have cost her more than just a normal life, they're threatening her friends and family as a savage monster stalks the people she loves.
Even her whirlwind romance is starting to fall apart around her, making her second guess herself. Is living the life she dreamed about worth the people that get hurt along the way? It's a price that her enemies are only too happy to help her pay.
As for me, I'm nearly finished with Voidhawk – Broken Shards. After that I'll help my wife with her next project, something that is related to the Claimed by the Beast series but is a historical paranormal serial romance (we're trying to see how many genres we can hit at one time). Then I'll be back writing more about Vitalis. Or at least that's my plan so far…
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Knights, Dragons, and Trolls – Oh My!
Recently I went on a mini-campaign to brag up my new audiobook, Child of Fate. I encouraged people to check it out because it's just so darn cool. But let's be honest – I'm biased. I wrote the book and worked with somebody else who gave the characters an audible voice. I have a vested interest, both in pride and in financial terms.
So what if I took the money out of the equation? What if I said here you go, check it out for free and enjoy it as much as I have? Well, here's your chance. I've got a bunch of free coupon codes available to download Child of Fate (the audiobook version) for free. The ebook already is free, so there's no excuse not to snatch that up. Go here: http://www.audible.com/at/redeem and enter in a coupon code below.
Try it out and see if you like it. I can't guarantee you will but I'd be amazed if you didn't!
If you try a code and it doesn't work, move on to the next one and try again. These are usable one time only each, so the first twenty people to check it out are the "winners." Oh, and the "Oh My" in the title of this post is not related or affiliated with George Takei nor his book in any way, shape, or form (not that I wouldn't be proud to call him a friend if I were cool enough to be a blip on his radar, I just don't want any confusion).
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The Definition of Insanity
One of the more colorful definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I remember watching a guy in a meeting many years ago click on a link on a presentation and it kept breaking. So he kept trying it. I finally snapped and shouted that out to him. I think it amused the other people in the meeting. I hope.
I decided to take that to heart and instead of trying to coerce or woo readers of this blog into contacting me or leaving a comment, I'm just going to throw down some codes and first come first serve. The codes won't give you unlimited lives or the ability to use any weapon imaginable against aliens that have landed and taken over South America, but they will allow you to hear about a new kind of alien life discovered in the future.
I'm referring to my latest audiobook that is available. Vitalis, as read by James Killavey, will knock your socks off. Jim is a great narrator and Vitalis, well, that's just one heck of an awesome story. No, I'm not biased, why do you ask?😉
Jim and I are working on more audiobooks too, so keep checking back. I've got Traitor, read by Kate Udall, coming out soon and after that I have Child of Fate, narrated by Sean Wybrant, and Bounty, another book read by Jim Killavey to work through. I hope to get all of my books available in an audiobook format one day, but I write faster than we can get them produced, so it's going to be a challenge. I'd call it job security except the security is only there if people buy them.
So, with that in mind, grab a code and check out Vitalis for free to see if you like the audiobook style. Then go gobble up as many more as you can! Please note that each code will only work once, so if the one you tried doesn't work, try another. If none of them work that means you showed up too late. Feel free to contact me though, I have a couple more that were given to me – but once they're all gone then I'm out and there's nothing more I can do.
Bonus points if you know what code / game I was referring to above, but keep in mind that the points don't count and everybody's a winner.
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Welcome to the Blackboard e-Education platform—designed to enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology.
Weekly Blackboard Learn maintenance will be done 2:00-6:00 AM on Friday mornings. You may not have access to Blackboard during this time period.
NOTICE: Blackboard Learn Does Not support the new Windows 10 Edge Browser that is installed on new computers and laptops. It is recommended another browser is used for the time being.