Wow! those Texas sunsets!

Thursday and Friday of this past week, I was treated to beautiful sunset skies here in South Texas. Neither sunset was especially spectacular, but they were beautiful. Beautiful en'uf to cause me to softly say aloud, "Wow!"

Thursday evening, it being the first one of the month, I went to the Dolph Briscoe Prison Unit outside Dilley, southwest of here, for the Kairos Prayer and Share. After the opening songs and announcements in the prison chapel, as usual, I led the Spanish-speakers to a nearby classroom for our small-group sharing. Generally we go to a classroom adjacent to the chapel, but it was already occupied. So we went further on and around the corner, to a vacant room on the west side of the building. The lights being off until we entered, it was dark, which made the colorful sunset glow visible thru the windows all the more prominent. "Wow!"

The next evening I was in the Las Palmas Mall area of the Westside. Among other activities I did some grocery shopping in an H.E.B. store adjacent tot he mall. Finished with shopping I walked out to the bus stop to catch a ride home. While waiting for the bus I simply basked in the lovely sunset. Well, I didn't exactly bask; I walked around the area, to better experience various trees, buildings, etc., silhouetted against that sunset sky. "Wow!"

For all I know, Saturday presented another pretty sunset sky. But I was occupied in going to a Candlelight for a Walk to Emmaus at Mt. Wesley in Kerrville. This one was #1375, for men, sponsored by Care Bexar. Well, the sunset may have got missed or ignored, but there was light of a different source and sort, for Candlelight. It was indeed an uplifting experience, as Candlelights always are!

But before we went to Mt. Wesley, we stopped to eat at a "house" restaurant in Kerrville. The other four ordered suppers, but I was still full from having attended and eaten at the second annual Founders Day Picnic for Lambda Chi Alpha alumni and local chapters. (This one was held at historic Brackenridge Park, and was as delightful as last year's -- and as filling!) A sixth attendee for Candlelight came into the place as the others were finishing their food. I about fell out of my chair when he introduced himself to me as Scott Barr. I asked, "Scott Barr, as in Southwest Exteriors?" He confirmed this. I've enjoyed his advertisements on KKYX-AM 680 for months. I get a kick from how he concludes the commercial by affirming that the company's siding and window work provides "the look you'll lu-u-uv comin' home to!"

And wow! now I was going to go to Candlelight with Scott Barr! I just "lu-u-uv" it when I get acquainted with someone I've heard on the radio!