June was uneventful as far as trips or family meetings. Which is ok because sometimes we need to sit back and enjoy where we are now planted.
I did make a trip to Sparta for the June board of directors meeting for the Tennessee Library Association. Whew - that was a long meeting (contracts, bylaws, etc). Caught a view of a cloud inversion over the Sequatchie Valley on the way to Sparta.
In June, I prepare for Park and Recreation Month by visiting a local park as a focus point. I chose the Sculpture Fields at Montague Park. I took a few photos of the sculptures for my guide. Also a good view of Lookout Mountain in the background.
A random selfie I took while walking on campus
I found this interesting guide to storing condiments.
G and I go to Western Sizzlin occasionally in the the next county to our west - which is also in Central Time so we can leave late and still be early for lunch. Here is the view of the Southern Appalachians from the parking lot.
I dug up one of my columns from Tennessee PTA newsletters to share with incoming officers about what I learned about leadership - specifically the differences between leadership and management.
I ordered more Sandzen note cards from Lindsborg, Kansas. There is a Sandzen gift shop located there.
Father's Day was in June! Got a nice ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. And G took me on a road I took before from Stevenson, Alabama and over the top of Sand Mountain to Trenton, Georgia. A nice short day trip. I took a bit more time to admire the Snodgrass bridge structure over the Tennessee River near Stevenson.
I added text to a picture of Teter Rock for my Instagram account.
The City of Lawrence corrected a wrong and did the right thing - the Sacred Red Rock was returned to the Kaw Nation. Now it took a while to get the stone prepared and moved and reinstalled. The “Sacred Red Rock” is a twenty-eight-ton red, quartzite boulder of long-held spiritual and cultural significance to the people of the Kaw Nation. The stone was moved from its original location to Lawrence in 1929. Now the stone is in Kaw Nation. A picture of Kaw Nation Memorial.
The Kaw Nation Memorial is adjacent to the Flint Hills Trail State Park. The trail was honored as Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Hall of Fame in August 2025.
