[December 17, 2023] The firetruck went screaming down the street with six or seven young men hanging onto the sides of the truck with one hand, holding their fireman’s helmets in place with the other, as they raced to put out a kitchen fire near my house. I was starstruck at the sight of such a fine display… Read More »
[December 16, 2023] Andrew Tobin from the Washington Free Beacon introduces us to Natali Yohanan, a 38-year-old Israeli woman and survivor of the 10/7 massacre. The article, titled Netflix and Kill: How a Palestinian Woman Took Over an Israeli Family’s Home on Oct 7, allows this survivor to talk about the impact of 10/7 in her 10-minute video.… Read More »
[December 15, 2023] You could almost feel the bat crack when it hit the ball. The softball popped into the infield and, in a normal game, would have been an easy out. But the second baseman was sitting atop his donkey, stretching out his glove, missing the pop-up, and falling off his donkey. The hometown boys sitting on… Read More »
[December 12, 2023] I am fortunate to live in a rural community with a low crime rate, good and courteous people, reliable utilities, and proper local governance. Alas, there is always a Scrooge who wants to make things bad for others, and we have one who goes around photographing people’s homes and complaining. Their offense? They have Christmas… Read More »
[December 11, 2023] The Satterfield family lived in the countryside on the outskirts of the small city of Bastrop, Louisiana, just west of Cypress Bayou, recently moving there from the town we’d grown up in. Our new red-brick home was in a sunny place with giant oak trees, a child’s swing set, woods in the backyard, and a… Read More »
[December 9, 2023] He was the most gorgeous black stallion I’d ever laid my eyes upon; his breed was a Morgan. I had a curious outlook on what it was like to be an adult. And that is expected of a young, outdoors, fun-loving, mostly shy kid from the Deep South. One of those experiences involved riding horses… Read More »
[December 7, 2023] The day after the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress with a stirring speech asking for a declaration of war. The clarity of his words remains 82 years later today: Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take… Read More »
[December 5, 2023] Nine year old Holden Amenta is a kid hero. He is a superfan of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional football team (you might have heard of them) and one that Holden goes all-out to support. The team colors are black and red. Recently a black sports writer accused young Holden of being a racist… Read More »
[December 4, 2023] My great aunt Marie Tabor was a beautiful woman, tall, energetic, smart, articulate, motivated, and dedicated to my Mom. She was the sister of my maternal Bigmama (Grandmother Blankenship). Aunt Rea lived her entire life in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a classic upscale neighborhood and was a hairdresser. She had no children, which may be… Read More »
[November 30, 2023] The Exodus story of meaning is a three-part series that attempts to dive into the meaning of one of the greatest stories ever told in the Bible. I will explain how this story can help each of us in a dramatic and positive way. See Part 1 and Part 2. The Israelites are now out… Read More »