tim and lisa cocking

We get such cool lightning storms here. We took these pictures from the front of our house on July 10. Click on each image to see a full-sized version.

We’re back home in Florida but will be leaving again on the first of August for Detroit. We’re in the process of making our schedule and as it fleshes out we’ll post it so you know where we will be and when we’ll be there. In the mean time we’ve got some laundry to do and unpacking and repacking. If you’re in the Detroit area we hope we will see you soon!

I found this map maker the other day and I decided to make one of the states I’ve been to. As far as this country goes, I’ve pretty much been there it seems!




create your own visited states map

This is a test to see how to embed this video on a page. It’s The OaKs playing “Old Bones” and was a huge test for me to see if I could edit together a credible live video using Windows Movie Maker. Yes, Final Cut would have been easier!

Since it’s kind of hard to hear the words being a live performance, here they are…

Old Bones

in the valley is a grave
a thousand years alone
and the masses held their sway
from underneath the ground
I’d rest there everyday
as it fell on my route
in the shade
I’d lay in the grass
and imagine those
old bones

I searched the valley over
but no words remained
to hold the stories
whether noble or slave
I stacked up stones
to wall it in
and chased the wild dogs
nose to the ground for
old bones

one day came a trembling
like a great voice spoke
the ground pushed open
and bones rose
sinews stretched their fingers
muscle layered on
skin unrolled itself
and an army stood of
old bones