Above: My Writing Desk, Americus, Georgia
I have blacked out October 12-14, the three grimmest anniversaries I observe.
Photographer in this post = Kenneth Randolph Taylor
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I moved from Athens, Georgia, to Americus, Georgia, last Monday, October 11. I have spent the last few days unpacking, setting up, and settling in. I have completed many tasks. I have learned that I must wait on some tasks longer than I would like because these tasks must follow other tasks, which require me to wait on others to do something.
Other people are frequently the greatest obstacles to my efficiency and productivity. They are not necessarily malicious. They are usually merely slow.
Above: My Office, Americus, Georgia, October 15, 2021
I have, however, set up tangibly and physically. I have emptied all boxes and put away their contents. I have hung my clothes in my new closet. And my office, containing most of my books, takes up the dining room and parlor in my mother’s house. The space, occupied, is not crowded and cluttered.
Above: The Bookcase for Translations of and Commentaries on the Old and New Testaments
Bonny is always with me, hence the prominence of her photograph and the photograph of her grave marker.
I have also started the process of transferring my membership to Calvary Episcopal Church, Americus. I have left Saint Gregory the Great Episcopal Church, Athens, to which I belonged for slightly over sixteen years. Parting gifts–books–have begun to arrive. Half of the expected Biblical commentaries have arrived.
Above: Woodrow Wilson’s A History of the American People (1902), on My Writing Desk
The set = a gift from Saint Gregory the Great Episcopal Church, Athens, Georgia
I have known since immediately after Bonny’s death (October 14, 2019) that I probably needed to leave Athens. This truth set in with greater potency the longer I remained in Athens. Finally, with the space prepared in Americus, I scheduled my move.
Above: The Bookcase for Translations and Commentaries on the Bible, Plus French and English Books
My Roman Catholic tendencies and past associating with Roman Catholics are evident. Notice the Roman translations of the Bible, for example. Also notice the “Bible Einstein Award,” which the Newman Center at Valdosta State University gave me in 1995. (The Roman Catholics asked questions, and I knew the answers.)
Leaving Athens and Saint Gregory the Great Church was difficult and emotionally challenging. Yet I knew that going was the correct course of action. The time had come.
Above: A Bookcase Containing an Ecclectic Selection of Volumes
I grew up moving frequently. For a time, I moved every two years, on average. I learned that home is where I live. I never grew up in Americus, but it has become my home.
Above: My Computer and Writing Desks
I anticipate the positive developments that will ensue.
KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR
OCTOBER 15, 2021 COMMON ERA
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SUNDRY THOUGHTS 
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