by Geoff Gentry on March 18, 2013
I must say that this post was inspired by a blog post of a co-worker. Connie Riddle‘s post “Home” stirred up much in my heart and mind and I had to blog. Home is where the heart is. Home is where you lay your head. These phrases and many more have been used to [...]
by Geoff Gentry on December 31, 2012
This has been a very full year. It has also been challenging and blessed in many ways. It has been a year of closing doors and opening new ones. The 2011-2012 school year at work was very challenging. We had issues with students and issues with staff that made it hard and stressful [...]
by Geoff Gentry on October 23, 2012
Music Lovers, The Last Bison‘s first studio project under a label (Republic Records, Universal Republic) is out. It is called Inheritance. The EP contains 3 songs from their independent release Quill and one new song. Please support the band and buy the EP, leave your iTunes and Amazon reviews, check out their tour page in [...]
by Geoff Gentry on September 10, 2012
Well I watched the first episode of Breaking Amish on TLC. I must say that having watched Amish: Out Of Order helped me understand things more. I am willing to continue watching Breaking Amish for at least a few more episodes. It is clearly a different perspective. This series voice is that of the young [...]
by Geoff Gentry on August 8, 2012
I am a graduate of Elon College (now Elon University) with a B.A. in Communications with minors in Film and Religious Studies. During my time at Elon, I did a summer internship with the local NBC affiliate, WXII. I worked the morning shift on camera for the morning news program and the cut-ins to the [...]
by Geoff Gentry on July 20, 2012
I have always enjoyed watching and listening to it rain. I love to look out the window and see the skies open and the rain come down. There is nothing like sitting on a porch and feeling the breeze blow the sheets of rain and feeling the moisture in the air. Sitting and watching [...]
by Geoff Gentry on July 14, 2012
I very much enjoy the cyclical nature of my work at school. I am a 12 month employee, but each season brings different things. Summer is a slower time in may ways. This summer they are doing construction on the building (new roof), so there are no camps and no summer school on campus. [...]
by Geoff Gentry on June 13, 2012
Growing up in the South, I have not had interaction with the Amish. I have visited “Amish Country” in Pennsylvania once. But I have not done a lot of research or reading about the Amish people. I guess you would call me a typical “English” person. Well that changed this year. One of my favorite channels for [...]
by Geoff Gentry on May 28, 2012
John’s River Weekend My Calm In The Storm I began going to John’s River Valley Camp on Memorial Day Weekend with my Grandparents in elementary school. For years I celebrated the ending of the school year in the mountains. Spending the weekend with my Grandparents and their church, Beck’s Reformed, was a highlight of my [...]
by Geoff Gentry on April 28, 2012
I have always enjoyed history. I am not the type of person who readily remembers dates, orders and sequences. I wish I had a photographic memory, but I don’t. So being able to put a date with a historical event has never been easy. What I enjoy most about history is the human aspect of [...]