Newsletter 01-18-05

I had finished singing and was almost ready to pack up the CD table.  A nice lady walked up and introduced herself and informed me that there were all kinds of food downstairs in the fellowhip hall, and I was invited to come down for some refreshments before I left.   I thanked her and continued to pack up.   After everything was loaded, I decided that a little something to eat might be good, so I headed down the stairs to find the food.  I rounded the corner and much to my surprise were tables and tables of all kinds of food.  It was like a "Baptist Buffet".   I talked to several people and tested almost everything there.  My little snack turned into a full meal and by the time I was ready to go, I was stuffed.   I said my "thank you's" and started up the steps.  Just as I was about to the top of the steps, someone at the bottom of the steps called my name.   I turned around and there was a sweet little woman with a plate covered in foil.   She said "I noticed you didn't have any of these, so I wrapped you some to take with you".  Evidently she had made whatever it was and wanted me to try it so  I again said "well, thank you" and accepted the plate and headed for the parking lot.

Just as I pulled out of the parking lot, my cell phone rang.  That call lasted a good thirty minutes, and by the time it was over,  I was on the interstate determined to drive several hours before stopping.  I forgot all about the plate the lady had fixed for me.  About three hours later I noticed that plate over in the passenger seat.  By then, I had decided that something to snack on might be good again (yes, I eat a lot) so I started to unwrap the foil to see what was in there.  I had imagined that it would be cookies or brownies or something sweet.  But I was wrong.  As I took the foil off the plate,  I discovered eight meatballs covered in gravy.  And of course after all this time,  they were cold.   I took one bite and quickly decided that cold meat balls and gravy was not what I wanted to snack on .  I had already wadded the foil up and it was in the floorboard, I couldn't reach it.  Now I had to decide whether to pull over and try to flatten the foil out and rewrap the meatballs or throw the meat balls out the window!  I chose the latter.   Then..... the phone rings again!

I put my headset on and continued the phone conversation.  I decided while I was driving that I could hold on to the plate and sling the meatballs out the passenger window and keep driving.   Still talking on the phone, I hit the button to roll the passenger window down.  I picked up the plate and slung it like a frisbee, holding on to the plate but aiming the meatballs and gravy toward the window.  

SPLATT!!!!!    All over the window was meatballs and gravy.  I watched in disbelief as cold thick gravy slid down the window onto the door panel!  The meatballs had bounced from the glass back down onto the seat and into the floorboard.   STUPID ME!!!!!  I had hit the wrong window button and had rolled the rear window on the passenger side down instead of the front seat passenger window.  I just started to laugh.   The more I watched the gravy slide down to the bottom of the window, the more I laughed.   The window was a mess.  It would have taken a good water hose and some elbow grease to clean it off.  Here I was on the interstate, in the middle of nowhere, about midnight , with meatballs and gravy on the INSIDE of my window!   I laughed til I cried.  I couldn't see out that window for the gravy.  I couldn't even see the rear view mirror for a meatball that had decided to stick to the window.   By the time I got home, the gravy had dried and the meatballs were hard as a rock!   The next day, I had to clean it all up.   HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO SCRAPE GRAVY OFF A WINDOW??????  (I hope not)

I thought of that incident last night and I had to laugh all over again.   Sometimes we do stupid things and we have to look thru the consequences to see what's ahead.  Sometimes it's even hard to see what's ahead.  But we keep driving, hoping that we catch a glimpse of something substantial that will encourage us to keep going on.  
Many of you have been such an encouragement to me as I have tried to keep focused on the calling in my life. Thank you so much for helping me see through the gravy! 

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The website www.kirktalley.com has a brand new look.   Aaron Mashburn has done a great job with the new look and the changes!   I have already had many many good comments about it.   There are several new features, including my testimony,  references from Pastors and Promoters where I have been lately, and even a guest book and a place for you to make comments.   I hope you all check it out.  


In the last newsletter, I ran a CD special, and I sure appreciate many of you for ordering those CD's.   I have now arranged for another KREW special.  This time on Videos!   I have sold these videos for $25-30 each in the past few years. But now they are on CLEARANCE!!!!  That means I need to CLEAR EM OUT!!!!!

VIDEO TITLES

1.  Trio    Myself, Anthony Burger and Ivan Parker.  Recorded Live in Chattanooga
              features the song, "Glory Road",  A Pink Energizer Rabbit,  Mark Lowry 
              dressed up like Vestal Goodman,  and also Vestal Goodman sings "What
              A Lovely Name"         This video is a great video, lots of great old songs
              and a lot of fun!

2  Back By Popular Demand-THE TRIO features the song "Hallelujah Side",  "He
              Rescues Me", and also Mark Lowry again shows up to cause trouble.   It
              also features George Younce in a "cardboard" kind of way.   Recorded live
              in concert, this also is a great video with great songs and a lot of fun.

3.  Kirk Talley -FAR AWAY   features songs " Leave Me A Message",  "Far Away",
              "I Start My Day", " It Is Well" and many others.  Recorded live in concert
               in the Showstreet Palace at Dollywood.

As a Krew member special, you can get all three videos for $30.00 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling.   There is a limited amount of these videos, not many left, so email the office at kirksoffice@prodigy.net  or call the office at 865 933 2100 and place your order today.  

Also there are some of the CD's left so if you want a great deal on the three CD'S
TOMORROW, SONGS I WISH I HAD WRITTEN, and FAR AWAY,  you can still get all three of those CD's for only $15.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. 

Thanks again for being a friend.   Keep watching the schedule for new dates being added to the schedule.   If you are interested in scheduling a concert for your church or event,  call my office at  865 933 2100.  Please make sure your pastor has read the testimony on the website and is interested before calling.  

Hope to some of you in South Carolina in a few weeks.   It's always fun to meet KirksKrew members at concerts.   Thank you all again for you love and support.  

And for those of you that want off the list-I  cannot add/delete names to/from the list.  If you want off the list you must send Email to "kirks-krew-request@lists.netcentral.net" and put REMOVE on the subject line. If you want to be added to the list,  please visit the website www.kirktalley.com and subscribe. 


Kirk