I have always enjoyed having a fire, whether inside or out, with a preference for the later. Here in the city limits "one" is not allowed to have open 'burns', (as they say in KY,) so I have a metal bushel basket, about 4 foot around and 3 foot deep. It is filled with soil and that has compacted down and it has become my fire pit. Think big hibachi. If the "fire police" come around and there is a fire at my home, they will see that it is contained and quite safe. I put an old oven rack on the thing to make a grilling surface and have heated up many a left over stew or rice and beans. The kids will eat something cooked outdoors that would get a 'yuk' if it was on the kitchen table. This evening's fare was spuds and cauli boiled together and soup with garden greens, while a chicken was roasting in the inside oven. Yummy, and we ate outside under a tree.

Two seminary students were tragically killed in a car accident, and the town of Wilmore is grieving. Young men, both from India, with young wives, but no children. We can only say that God is in control and wonder how He will enable the families to be comforted. Prayers help.