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Day fifty-two/365. Tonight, as the pastor, I conducted the funeral service of a friend. The funeral home was packed with his family, friends, and people to whom he'd reached out. He had been a mentor to many, in a variety of capacities. I've led many funeral services. It's different when it's a friend. A fifty-four-year-old friend whose heart failed unexpectedly.
The Scripture passages were easy to select and the words of the sermon flowed effortlessly. My only difficulty was in narrowing down my comments. His family brought tokens. The lunch box, the rocks, and other objects each represented a story and a piece of a relationship. How powerful symbols can be!
It was quite nice on Sunday with the temps in the upper 80's (Down from the 180's) but low humidity. So I decided a small chase of 101 was in order. Here he is in St. Augustine, Fl with the Memorial Presbyterian Church in the background. That is where Henry Morrison Flagler is entombed. He would be proud of his railroad today. October 16th, 2011.
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Back when I heard the TTC fare was going up, I stocked up on these and had nothing else to do with them except for waiting to use them & eventually getting bored and shooting them.
Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve, gives Martina Zimmermann, financial controller and procurement officer of Allegis Group GmbH, a token of appreciation after signing the first international Employer Partnership Memorandums of Agreement.
The signalman at Great Rocks Junction leans out of the window in order to pass the single line token to the driver of 60040 in order to proceed down the single line to Buxton with a Hindlow stone working on 12th December 1997.
Lennon fans drop off gifts at Strawberry Fields each and every day to show how much appreciation they had for the former Beatle.
D1062 runs into Highley on its way south to Kidderminster, the secondman doing his best balancing act in the pouring rain.
Just off to the right is where a new footbridge is being built . . . . should be a good vantage point for photography when its finished.
Winston Churchill's sister locomotive No. 10 Dr. Syn, on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. The route is mainly single-track, so part way along our route we have to cross this train coming the other way. The two drivers swap the tokens giving them each permission to be on the respective single-track section.