A week ago Knoxville made the national news for a shooting at a church. A man entered the Unity Universalist church last Sunday and opened fire while the children were preforming a play. He killed two, was tackled to the ground and will have his first court appearance this week. His motive was a mystery for a while. He wrote a four page tirade about his motives. Basically, he is an unemployed machinist and said he couldn't find that kind of work. He is an alcoholic with a violent past who was frustrated that his food stamps were being decreased. He blamed the "liberals" for all his ills. He decided since he couldn't shoot the policitians he would shoot those who put them in office. Why he targeted this liberal church was that his ex wife used to attend. He himself, has no affiliation with any church. He had seventy six shot gun shells with him but only was able to fire off two. Besides the two that were killed seven other were wounded. This has been very unsettling to the whole community; it reminded me of the Dave Mobilio shooting that happened in Red Bluff CA. 
Okay, on to the good news. RaChael, Buck, Sivana, Gaveriel and Trinity are vacationing in North Carolina. They have visited Raleigh, Charlotte and Asheville. Ashville is about an hour and a half from us, we couldn't resist, so the girls and I joined them. It was so great to see them. We hiked Grandfather Mountain and went on the mile high suspension bridge. It was gorgeous. They will be coming to Knoxville for a few days this week and we can't wait. -Tina
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