Friday, June 27, 2008

NewSong Fest - Christian Rock Concert

NewSong Fest
Loucon Training & Retreat Ctr - Leitchfield, KY
August 08-10, 2008

http://www.newsongmusicfestival.com

Jeremy Camp, TobyMac, Skillet, After Edmund, The Afters, Fireflight, Flatfoot 56, Eleventyseven, Sanctus Real, Mike Williams, Derek Webb, Common Ground

For info contact: 800-530-7236
PURCHASE BY: 7 Aug

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Farm


This is the farm in western TN where I lived as a teenager. My Grandparents bought the land in 1973-- all 115 acres of it. Now the land has been split among their own 5 children.

In those days there was only 1 house on the farm on the far right. The lake is about 3 acres and has catfish in it.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Hungarian Name


I've always been interested in family history and names.

Concerning the meaning of the Hungarian name "Sarkozi". Dad said "sar" means "mud". "Sar" has the sound of "shar" in Hungarian. A professor told me it could mean "marsh" as well. A marshy/fertile land beside (a river). "Koz" means "beside".

"Sar" goes back to ancient Sumerian where it means "earth" -- that was about 4,000 years ago. The name is a place name of the region of Sarkoz in Hungary.

Some people put a "y" at the end of the name instead of the "i". The "y" means that one is of noble origins, over the "i" of common origins. Some in our family used the "y". Dad's sister and 2 cousins used the "y", but dad and his father did not.