I'm actually not Catholic, Cathy... so my catechism tale was just that- a made-up tale, but I did get to hear Arturo's stories about growing up in the faith. I was raised loosely as a Methodist- in a farm-town of Mennonites. I liked the Methodists 'cause their basement potlucks were better- not to mention their politcs! Hee-Hee! Actually, neither Mom nor Dad were that religious in those days- they mainly just liked sending us to any church that would pick us up in the bus and haul us away Sunday morning so they could do whatever it was that married couples would do on Sunday mornings when their kids weren't underfoot! Ha!

Every Methodist I have ever know tells me their parents made them get on the church bus every Sun. Morning! I think those Methodist parents had some kind of a secret pact that awarded their children Frequent Rider Miles for going on that church bus every Sun Morning Then the parents got to cash in those Miles Rewards for really neat stuff unbeknownst to their Sun morning bus riding kiddies And that is my theory on the Methodist Kids getting to have all that Sun morning fun riding buses while we were in catechism classes!!!

Garrison Keillor, the author/radio-show host of NPR's "Prairie Home Companion" says that Methodists are lucky- they don't have to wear starched shirts! (he was a Lutheran from small-town Minnesota, donchaknow? And talk about KINGS of the church-basement POTLUCK!)

Love Garrison Keller & Prarie Home Companion, I Had Been Meaning To Let You Know That And It Kept Slipping My Mind. I Also Love Paul Harvey And...
Now You; Kevin..... Know The Rest Of The Story!!!

Love Story Telling In All It's Forms!

Vegetables fresh from the garden are like manna from Heaven for me...lol..love em ! Right now my Tomatoes are getting ripe and I'll eat those anyway you fix em ! I am getting a few eggplant too and last night I sliced one and drizzled it with olive oil and cooked it on the grill. Then I put a slice of tomatoe on top and Mozzarella cheese , put it in the oven and melted the cheese, sprinkled chopped garlic over and MmmMMM Good !