A Glimpse Into My Life

“Let me walk in Beauty, And make my eyes ever behold The red and purple sunset” Traditional Native American Prayer The sleeping bag was warm and cozy. Outside of the old poplin tent, it was not. With the temperature hovering in the…

Family

Teachings of My Father

My Father was a consummate learner and as such was a great teacher. During his lunch hours, siting outside on the sidewalk on Amador, he once watched as masons built a brick fence for a new business across the street. He would go…

Stories

To Split With Reckless Abandon

Sometime after my father returned from WWII with his two purple hearts, he was helping his father to split eucalyptus for firewood. A couple of things to understand about eucalyptus wood: The hydraulic log splitter had yet to be…

Stories

Driving Grandmothers

My paternal grandmother became blind before I was born. She had gone through all the emotional stages when one has a disability thrown at them. So, my first childhood memories are filled with a productive, coping, loving blind grandmother. …

Physical Handicaps

Physical Handicaps to Overcome

The following excerpt is my personal philosophy based on my own life experiences. As I point out, this is a highly charged subject and I will not solve the world’s problems in regards to education and development of handicapped children. Few…

Friends

Old Friends

Many years ago, I was leading a group of Boy Scouts out of the back country near Lillian Lake when we came upon another group of Scouts hiking in. They were resting, so we decided to rest also. After dropping off my back pack,…

Human Kindness

The Good Samaritan

The past couple of weeks has given me time to pause in amazement. I went into the grocery store to buy my wife a jar of lemon juice. As I waited in line, the lady in front of me saw that I had only one item to buy and kindly allowed me go…

A Glimpse Into My Life

Clair de Lune

A Love for Nature

Teachings of My Father

To Split With Reckless Abandon

Driving Grandmothers

Physical Handicaps to Overcome

Old Friends

The Good Samaritan

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