Some years ago while vacationing on the West Coast of Scotland, I picked up a book entitled,The Killing Of The Red Fox: An Investigation into […]
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Retired, living in my hometown of Hooker OK. I proudly served seven years in the US Navy mostly overseas. I'm addicted to Scotland. I like to read, work in my yard when weather permits. I like to write a few things.
The Book….
Watching the second of our two live-streamed services on a recent Sunday morning, one of the speakers at Quentin Road Baptist Church in Lake Zurich […]
Continue readingThe value of quietness…
These words from the chorus of Paul Simon’s outstanding work from an earlier time spoke to me recently. “Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come […]
Continue readingPondering….
In the subject line of a recent email, Shipmate Frank used the word ponder. It’s a word not often used. But when I see or […]
Continue readingBlessed be the day….
When I’m in Wichita (KS) which sometimes seems quite often, I like to listen to @HankFM on my car radio. There are nuggets of country […]
Continue readingThe closing….
Today (Dec 12) is closing day. Closing on the sale of the building that was our business home for 39 years. There were lots of […]
Continue reading“I hope you still feel small”…
On this evening’s (Dec 1) Live Show on The Voice, Rob Cole, one of Reba’s team, sang Lee Ann Womack’s I hope you dance. That […]
Continue readingA feeling of sadness for a friend…
In the long-distant mists of time the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland were home to an inventive and industrious people.They produced an amber liquid […]
Continue readingThoughts on a line of chalk….
Thoughts on a line of chalk…. Most know Robert Louis Stevenson as a famous author, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and […]
Continue readingMornings with Matthew….
Most mornings I get a cup of coffee and read from the Bible with my friend Matthew Henry. How, you might ask, can one be […]
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