“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
I love the Fall season. Since I was young, the Fall season represented extra trips into the mountains to hunt, explore, gather wood, and spend time with mountain people. As I grew older, it became a time to be in the wilderness when few if any other people were there. I came to anticipate and …
Until the politics cool down a bit, here is some alternate fun. Bumper stickers!
Here is a post from a fellow blogger that I found thought-provoking. I always enjoy Dave’s posts at “Live 4 Him” (https://live4him.ca/). I hope your thinking is piqued by his words as well.
Thanks, Dave!
We teeter on the edge, hoping and praying that things will get better. It has been a hard year for everyone and it doesn’t seem to be getting any easier. How many of us entered 2020 with reservations? How many of us, even the most negative of us, could have imagined what has happened? The answers to these questions really don’t matter. If you were worried, if you did imagine a year like the one we are having, what difference would it have made?
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More encouragement for you on this very happy Monday. "Every day above ground is a great day," my dad use to say. And right he was! So slam some java and celebrate the day with me!
The country has been moving off of restrictions for a while now. As expected in some areas cases are climbing again. This is in part due to better testing, but the pandemic virus is still increasing again as well. Many people have responded to the loosening of restrictions by letting down their guard against the …
I have come across a surprisingly large number of people who are reluctant to wear a mask during this pandemic. The reasons are varied. “I don’t like wearing a mask, they are so uncomfortable. They hurt my ears.” “Masks are just plain annoying – you can’t see people’s faces and it’s hard to breathe.”“This is a …
Image via Pexels We appear to be up to our hip pockets in difficult times. Sickness and death surround us. Economic disaster seems to be lurking just around the next bend. Civil disruption is giving way to civil disorder. The institutions on which our society has been built seem to be crumbling at a rapid …
Here is a "Dad" story from my childhood. It is a story about my dad...and my horrible driving. Enjoy your day and celebrate your Dad! My father is the source of an enormous trove of stories. Many stories of faith, many humorous tales, and a good number of stories of self-sacrifice and love for others. …
Image Via Pexels So much has changed for all of us in the last few months. Everyone has been to degrees focused on the threats and risks, the potential for long-term harm to health and the economy, the political implications, the news cycle, the conspiracies and misinformation, and all that is trending negative. Anxiety is …
More Monday fun. Now that warmer weather is here, lets go outside and enjoy nature! Image via Dailyhaha.com Okay. Maybe not today....
