Oct 22, 2020The Great Squirrel Battle of ‘07The house is quiet now, the same quiet that befalls battlefields the world over and down through history. That unearthly silence that descends upon the stage after a titanic struggle where life and death hangs in the balance for so many. It all began, like so many great battles are…Humor5 min read
Oct 21, 2020The Other WomanI have a confession to make; There is another woman in my life now. …Horses5 min read
Oct 20, 2020First MeetingAs most of you know by now my wife, Melinda and I met online, through a mutual friend. Mel lived in Michigan and I lived in Texas. …9 min read
Oct 19, 2020A Day Remembered“Beep, beep, beep”! The incessant, klaxon call of the old clock radio vied with two roosters crowing from the barn, to see who would manage to waken the two humans sleeping in the darkened bedroom. …Personal3 min read
Aug 23, 2020In My Father’s HouseThere is one particular verse in the bible which caught my attention at an early age, and it was my anchor for many years as I fought against the idea that Heaven was a place for only one kind of belief, and if you were not a believer of that…Life4 min read
Jun 11, 2020The BanquetSorrow is the only dish at this bitter banquet I have been forced to attend. I eat if for I have no choice, and gag with each rancid bite. Each time I believe the meal is surely finished, the plate refills itself, and I start anew. With each forkful I…Personal2 min read
Apr 8, 2020Spring Storms and Other DisastersIn a former life…back when I was a horse farmer in Missouri….we always looked forward to Spring with a mixture of joy and dread. Our joy was found in witnessing the end of Winter, with its constantly freezing temperatures, snow, and ice. Our dread was the sure and certain knowledge…Memories3 min read
Apr 2, 2020A tribute to a HorseI was fortunate to have been raised around strong men of few words. One thing I learned from them was that the highest praise you can give a man, or a horse is to simply state, when asked: “He was a good man”, or “He was a good horse.” …Horses3 min read
Mar 16, 2020On Cattle Drives, Stampedes, and Human Nature.Back in the dim past…the early ‘60’s, during my twelfth year, I got my first real job. I hired out to our neighbor to the North to work on his ranch. Now, by Texas standards, it was a small spread, maybe six or seven hundred acres, with grazing rights on…Memories4 min read
Dec 27, 2019Through the Next DoorYou know being dead is not that much different than being alive, well so far anyway. Well maybe it is different for those who die a horrible, violent death but all I did was go to bed, drift off to sleep, then BAM! I was dead. I remember having…Fiction11 min read
