Tulip Week is Here

In between rain showers, this week has been tulip week in St. Louis. Our own color magic tulips change hue a couple of times a day it seems, and they just glow in the front flower bed. The azaleas are showing color so maybe next week will be azalea week, although they will be competing with the lilacs, dogwoods and other beauties. Even the iris are starting to show some buds!

On Thursday we went to the visitation for Matt's uncle in DeSoto, a town about 50 miles south of here. We didn't return on Friday morning for his funeral but we know he was buried with military honors at Jefferson Barracks national cemetery. Matt and Doug are sitting with Matt's sister today as she has some more tests and continues to recover and gain some strength. We still don't know when she and baby Lily will get to go home but both of them seem to be getting excellent care. Several have written that they are in your prayers and please, keep praying for them.

Norm and I went to book club this morning. We'll put an update of our thoughts about the book soon on the Compton Reading blog, linked on the Compton Rising page. Tonight I am standing in for someone else and announcing the Missouri College Media student newspaper and yearbook awards at a banquet which will be held at St. Louis University. It will be a chance to see some colleagues I knew when I was active in advising student newspapers. Norm gets to attend, too. Tomorrow Norm is one of three instigators of Holy Humor Sunday, a new celebration for Compton Heights CC. If we all don't succumb to holy laughter, I'll have an update on the Compton Rising Blog about that, too, afterwards.