[August 29, 2024] Among the many moves my family made during my teen years, one allowed me to join the Boy Scouts. Despite the brief time in scouting, it would remain a valuable part of my life. “Mom & dad, I hate scout camp. The scoutmaster told me to write this letter. I promise you I am OK… Read More »
[August 24, 2024] Regular readers will know that I’m a “dog person” by any measure you want to measure me. I stumbled upon a young man who cares for dogs, specializing in bringing dogs out of their shells made of fear. He is rather popular and well-known in the dog world. To many, he is a dog hero. … Read More »
[August 22, 2024] I’m from the poor Deep South, where I can still find my heart. I relate closely with those living in small towns and on farms, working blue-collar jobs, local volunteers, small church congregations, and truckers. When people ask where I’m from, I say, “I’m from Mer Rouge, Louisiana.” Despite not living there for six decades,… Read More »
[August 19, 2024] I was a phone call-in to the Father Jim Drucker radio show1 this past Saturday when he hosted Ralph Galati, a Vietnam War POW and Veteran advocate. It was a fascinating conversation as USAF Captain Galati gave us some insights into what it was like as a POW held by the North Vietnamese. But Ralph… Read More »
[August 18, 2024] I’ll be out all day, so I’m posting a less serious article about Emmy the Lab. I had a dog-loving friend send me this channel on YouTube, and it is not big or exciting or crazy, but just about a yellow Labrador Retriever doing her thing. Oh, and she looks exactly like my yellow lab… Read More »
[August 15, 2024] In the summer of 1967, when I was about to turn 15, the Academy Award-winning war movie “The Dirty Dozen” came out in theaters in my new Texas town, much to my happy surprise. I’d never seen anything like it; in the film, many of the worst convicts-turned-soldiers were given a top-secret mission to pull… Read More »
[August 14, 2024] While I apologize upfront about the hyperbole “goose-steppers,” I originally erased the title. I restored it because few other words describe the heavy hand of the European Commission goose-steppers against free speech. We are fortunate in America that we have the 1st Amendment to the Constitution that guarantees free speech.1 Recently, Elon Musk did a… Read More »
[August 11, 2024] With Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on the Democrat Party’s ticket to become Vice President, his leadership has been called into question. A slew of memes about Tim Walz popped up, and Tampon Tim is one of the more humorous and controversial ones. Let the tampon war begin! The meme Tampon Tim derives from the passage… Read More »
[August 10, 2024] Please take a look at the list of 14 books I have on my Reading List page and the last one in italics is The Holy Bible. If you read good books, the list is a sack of jewels and useful and challenging you as yourself. Today, I want to take a look at one… Read More »
[August 9, 2024] I left home at 17 and I was gone before my High School graduation because I was enrolled in college and taking classes, a couple of weeks before my friends walked across the High School graduation stage at home in Abilene, Texas. I imagined in my mind my friends with their parents hugging each other, taking… Read More »