Someone on X asked what year it wss…. It was a 1970 model. When still in high school, a young man from a neighboring town […]
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“The Hand of Providence….
There, I did it!! I’ve been struggling to finish Robert Louis Stevenson a Biography, by Claire Harman, for several months. It’s an excellent read. I […]
Continue readingWalking with the dead….
For a variety of reasons I’ve recently been walking at the Hooker (Okla) Cemetery. It was my custom to walk early in the morning a […]
Continue readingA conversation at the Bell Rock….
A rock known as Inchcape, is part of a long and treacherous reef lying some 12 miles east of Dundee Scotland. Inchcape is in the […]
Continue reading“why weepest thou?
“Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And […]
Continue readingThe Appin Murder
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 […]
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 readingThe smoking of the pipe…
This text message out of the blue from my good friend Jerry appeared in my inbox. It got me to thinkin.’ Back in the day, […]
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