As water reflects the face,
    so one’s life reflects the heart.

Proverbs 27:19

The story of January 2024 runs all the way from our church family in Tarboro, to Raleigh, to Alexandria VA, to beautiful people, to great friends and amazing restaurants, to 150th anniversary celebrations, to the river, to grandchildren on cruises, to Rebekah’s new computer (b.t.w. she hates it), to epic amounts of writing, to the next door chickens, to the refreshingly hospitable ebb and flow of life around this extremely cool Southern town here in North Carolina.

And more. Because 31 photographs do not begin to tell the whole story (but those are the rules).

Enjoy. And keep checking in for what I can guarantee will be a spectacular new month, full with more stories and lessons and – of course – images of more beautiful people and so many interesting places.

May your experience of February justify the extra day. Life is good – DEREK