john's brother george plays in a band. they play folk/bluegrass/hymn revival/etc. and they are absolutely wonderful. they were playing at a fireside last night, and john and i couldn't resist crashing the party to hear their great music. afterwards, we got better batter ice cream: mine with twix, heath, and waffle-cone, john's with cookie-dough, fudge, and oreo. is your mouth watering yet?
here is part of my favorite song from the evening. it was written by louisa stead, who was one day at the beach with her husband and daughter and they saw a man drowning. her husband went to save the man - who dragged him under with him - and he also drowned, louisa and her daughter on the beach, helpless to do anything but watch their beloved husband and father die in the water. she wrote this song shortly after. her words of courage and faith in Christ are absolutely beautiful.
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they are really good. i'm digging that song. i listened to it a few times. and better batter ice cream is my absolute favorite but guess what? the maggie moo's went out of business by my house! i didn't even know there were any more! consider me very very jealous. looks like a fun night!
Great song, moreover I knew the story behind of that song.
I love your blog, its lovely :D
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What a sad story... knowing the background to the song gave me shivers.
As for better batter ice-cream - that sounds fab! I've never heard of it before which means we probably don't have it in the UK, but we should!
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