Hotter Than New Love

There were two main passages that influenced me heavily in my coming to CAP, so I wanted to share them with you: -”It looked like the old Sam Gamgee siting there, except that his face was unusually thoughtful. ‘Do you feel any need to leave the Shire now – now that your wish to see [...]

Standing in the middle of an octagonal dance floor in Berea, surrounded by mountain men, mountain hippies, my fellow volunteers, and several others (including one man with what appeared to be a skirt and a f00-man chew mustache), I realized, is this some strange nightmare with Don dancing around like a crazy person….no, it’s “contra [...]

The past two days were by far the two most dangerous days in Kentucky thus far. Aside from the narrow roads, crazy drivers, bears, and general work site danger, there remains one danger which has plagued me above any other…wild dogs. So, in my training for the Louisville half marathon in about a month, I [...]

Fall came today. This isn’t to say that by the end of the week we might be back up to 100, but today was, for me, the first day of fall in Kentucky. You can just see the tips of the trees starting to think about turning brown on the tops of the mountains, and [...]

Today we took part in a repair day down in Owsley County called “repair affair” Our whole house along with about 15 of our friends came out to join the force of 100 volunteers in a kind of housing blitz on the county. Our particular job was to paint an entire house… completely white. Pure [...]

Apparently, some more explanation is needed on the title of the blog, “hotter than new love”. Down here, in sou-east Kentucky, we had some days that topped out near 100 degrees. And, the specific job we were working on is an addition to a house. Now, the air conditioner for the existing house is blowing [...]