“Everywhere is walking distance, if you have the time.” Steven Wright Well guys, I’m back. Oddly enough, it is good to be back. Prior to my departure I had been working daily on the book. It is coming along better than expected, but still there are good days and bad days with it. We have justContinue reading “What I learned on my Summer Vacation”
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After Trump, Then What?
”To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children… to leave the world a better place… to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Well folks, damn. I suppose it has come to thisContinue reading “After Trump, Then What?”
Part II. Are we stuck in the Matrix?
“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” William Blake Part II. Folks, I may lose some people here. That is okay. I understand. The purpose of all of this ultimately, is to tell the truth. Truth depending on a point of view means different things to different people. IContinue reading “Part II. Are we stuck in the Matrix?”
A Letter to Me
“Life is divided into three terms. That which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future”. William Wordsworth Driving from a medical appointment this morning back home so that I could get ready forContinue reading “A Letter to Me”
Fence Post (a writer’s story)
This piece is inspired and accredited to a man I consider a friend. The Texas country music legend from Abilene, Mr. Aaron Watson. I first met Aaron in 2009 at a concert in Robstown, Texas. In the years since, we have met and conversed several times more. He is a good man, a good songwriter, a goodContinue reading “Fence Post (a writer’s story)”
A Message to Law Enforcement, Part I
“You will not win every battle. However, at least everyone will know what you stood for. “ Shannon Alder It occurs to me, an unpleasant truth. Beyond unpleasant perhaps, simply exponentially painful. There is a point I believe in every man’s life, where the true nature of his reality can no longer be avoided. AContinue reading “A Message to Law Enforcement, Part I”
An Ode to the Afflicted
What warmth might we feel in order to dissuade the feeling of loneliness? In the hour of our most desperate need, in the times that try us the most. What of the world’s splendor could satiate the weariest of souls? Though we float along the winds as if we were cottonwood blooms, perhaps not allContinue reading “An Ode to the Afflicted”
Why Life Requires Suffering
“We all live two lives. The one we learn from, and the one we live after that”. Bernard Malamud Suffering is defined as “the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. To be subjected to something bad or unpleasant. To be affected by an illness or ailment”. Whether it be any or all of thoseContinue reading “Why Life Requires Suffering”
Remember Everyone Deployed
“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation”. General Douglas MacArthur It will not be a long one today guys. I simply do not have the time, and I am taking a bike trip up into the mountains for the weekend in order to get away fromContinue reading “Remember Everyone Deployed”
Wisdom, Part II
“When I was young, my father said to me Norman, you like to write stories don’t you? And, I said yes, I did. He said maybe one day, you can write our family’s story. Only then will you know what happened, and why”. A River Runs Through It Fast forward about eighteen years orContinue reading “Wisdom, Part II”
