My New Boss - Angie Stone - Photo by Dave Ellis

Hey guys!  For those of you that don’t know I’ve recently joined Angie Stone’s band and I have been doing shows with her all over the US.  It’s been a great experience and as of Monday 02/22/10, it’ll become an experience that we’ll take over seas to Europe! We’ll be visiting Sweden, London, Norway, France, and Poland over a three week period.

I’m very excited about this opportunity and another chance to see parts of the world that I’ve only seen in books or heard about in the movies!  As usual, I’ll try to blog as much as possible and post as many pictures as I can.  This will be a great adventure!  Stay tuned!

Let's Remember and Pray for the people of Haiti

My heart is heavy from hearing the news of the Earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday January 12, 2009.  This country had recently suffered numerous tropical storms that almost devastated the entire area.  Because of this and many other reasons the number of people that lived in a state of poverty was incredibly high.  The addition of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake to the woes of the area has caused near total destruction and over 500,000 people are feared dead.  The presidential palace has collapsed along with many other buildings.  The rising smoke right after the earthquake gave me a vision of what the end of the world or destruction of the earth would be like.

This is a great time of mourning for the world.  My heart is heavy for the people that have lost their lives and the families all over the world that have been affected.  I continue to think and wonder what if this had happened in our city or country?  I remember how blessed I am and I am admonished to pray for the people and the families of Haiti.  I’m going to make a donation to the American Red Cross and I urge you to help in any way that you can as well.  We give because we are blessed.

You Can donate here: American Red Cross International Response Fund

Atlanta seems to be bringing in the new year with a bang!  Less than a week after The Peach dropped into Underground Atlanta to welcome a new decade into the world, a ferocious storm attacked Georgia dumping inches of snow in Atlanta!  Thermometers every were have been struggling to make it past about 25 degrees and Ga Power executives are somewhere celebrating over the revenues that only God can bring as heating systems continue to run non-stop.

Maybe I’m exaggerating a bit about it being an actual blizzard, but we did truly get some snow fall.  Anyone in Atlanta that’s not from Atlanta knows that the whole town goes crazy at the mention of snow.  Roads shut down, schools close and there are accidents galore!  We’re talking about a city that may see 8-10 inches of snow a year.  Everyone thinks we over the top with our reactions to the weather, but we’re just not used to it and just not equipped to operate in something that we hardly ever experience.

The pic above is of my car while I was pumping gas.  I didn’t have the luxury of staying at home this time around.  Unfortunately I have the kind of job where there are no vacation or sick days!

I didn’t have much difficulty driving in the conditions.  You just have to drive much slower than normal.  Besides, driving slowly and being the only car on the road helps you to get nice pics!

While it was a pretty site, the snow was more of a dusting than a blizzard!   I didn’t have much of a chance to enjoy it other than taking pictures.  Let’s see what next week brings!