Day 27

October 6, 2014


HOME!


Drove across Tennessee, mostly in the rain, to arrive in Knoxville to visit Katie, Brandon, and the grandgirls.     Fantastic to see them in their new home!    


After lunch, left Knoxville and could see the mountains of home at about Sevierville.   They still look great!


Arrived home just before dark.   Stella sure knew where she was as we turned into the neighborhood.    She was whining and running around the back seat!    


Great trip and wonderful to be home.   Will write some more tomorrow when I've had a chance to think about this a little.


The first stanza of a great poem about home, by Edgar Guest:




It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home,
A heap o' sun an' shadder, an' ye sometimes have t' roam
Afore ye really 'preciate the things ye lef' behind,
An' hunger fer 'em somehow, with 'em allus on yer mind.
It don't make any differunce how rich ye get t' be,
How much yer chairs an' tables cost, how great yer luxury;
It ain't home t' ye, though it be the palace of a king,
Until somehow yer soul is sort o' wrapped round everything.


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