This morning I woke up in Dorm 3 of the Union Mission. A few of the other men were milling about, but the supervisors had not yet come by to get us all up. In Dorm 3 that normally happens around 6:00.<\/p>\n
I pulled back the blanket and pulled my phone just far enough out of my pocket to see the time. It was 5:36.<\/p>\n
Suddenly I got an overwhelming feeling to GO DOWNTOWN NOW, even though my first planned stop, Bardog, wouldn’t open until 7:30. I put my shoes on, rushed downstairs, checked my backpack out of overnight storage, and hit the streets. It was obviously about to rain.<\/p>\n
At Second and Jefferson, an SUV pulled up and a lady offered a to-go box. As I took it, it started to rain hard – but I quickly made it to Court Square, where there are awnings and scaffolding to stand under.<\/p>\n
I opened the to-go box. It contained a huge piece of cornmeal-breaded catfish and a slice of bread. I stayed totally dry while I ate, only getting wet when I ventured out to the trash can to throw my box away. (I don’t litter.)<\/p>\n
The rain slowed by 7:05 and I moved to a different awning around the corner on Main. By 7:25 it had cleared up and I walked the remaining block to the ‘dog.<\/p>\n
If I hadn’t heeded that nudge – which I firmly believe was from my spirit guides, or angels if you prefer that term – I would have gotten soaked for the entire three-quarter mile walk. Also, I’d have missed out on a delicious and filling breakfast.<\/p>\n
If you want to develop a relationship with YOUR spirit guides, join Medium.com for 5 bucks a month and read the posts of Anne Bellamy.<\/p>\n
On to the news…<\/p>\n
Take a tour of Old Dominick to celebrate National Craft Distillery Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n Memphis Hope Fest<\/a> is today in Tom Lee Park from 2 to 8 PM. Celebrate Memphis’ 207th birthday and get connected with local organizations.<\/p>\n There will be a lemon drop festival<\/a> in Tom Lee Park this Sunday. $45 gets you 10 flavored lemon drops and a souvenir glass.<\/p>\n Trivia: Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day.<\/p>\n The May Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting will be at the Hu. Hotel Wednesday at 5:30. City Councilman JB Smiley will speak. Free beer, wine, and food for members.<\/p>\n The Oscar Meyer Wienie 500<\/a> is today at 1 PM. TV: FOX<\/p>\n Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n I gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> This morning I woke up in Dorm 3 of the Union Mission. A few of the other men were milling about, but the supervisors had not yet come by to get us all up. In Dorm 3 that normally happens around 6:00. I pulled back the blanket and pulled my phone just far enough out … Continue reading “Frupdate”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29949"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29951,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29949\/revisions\/29951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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