"FOR EVERYONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED, AND EVERYONE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED." Jesus Christ The brown enveloped came from the Rural Messenger. Inside was a letter that came to the office from a loyal reader. The note was one of those that always...
"UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, GIVING 'AID AND COMFORT' TO THE ENEMY CAN LEAD TO A CHARGE OF TREASON." Walter Cronkite Those of us who are old enough to have seen the film of our helicopters flying out our embassy staff and others who helped us during the Vietnam War...
"OLD AGE COMES ON SUDDENLY AND NOT GRADUALLY AS IS THOUGHT." Emily Dickenson Just because I have a dozen things wrong with me and that I have reached that magic age of Social Security, does not mean I am old! Even though I don't understand the desire...
BE ORIGINAL; DON'T BE SCARED OF BEING BOLD! Ed Sheeran Since I don't use Twitter I don't worry about being cancelled. I do use Faceplant to keep in touch with friends and promote my writing. So Her' Zuckerberg may jail me for this. I know my uber-liberal...
I AM GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS! It started fifteen years and eleven months ago. We had started building the Ranch house and Bunkhouse up on a hill of what became the Wildfire Ranch. Our home and business sold so quick that we had moved into...
"A TRULY AMERICAN SENTIMENT RECOGNIZES THE DIGNITY OF LABOR AND THE FACT THAT HONOR LIES IN HONEST TOIL." Grover Cleveland All through the years of music trends and fads those in the music business will tell you that Wichita Kansas is a giant in the Country and Western...
FRUSTRATION RUNS DEEP WHEN DOING THE RIGHT THING IS IGNORED! I have written about GAMBLE CHALK ONE in the past. In 1953 the US Army decided to have two military transports loaded with men and equipment fly at night under blizzard conditions in Alaska. Trouble was...
"WHEN YOU AIN'T GOT NO MONEY - YOU GOTTA GET AN ATTITUDE." Pardon my attitude. My life has been so different than what I planned that dreams have become a source of disappointments. Do not for a moment think that I am crying in my beer....
"MADNESS IS RARE IN INDIVIDUALS - BUT IN GROUPS, PARTIES, NATIONS, AND AGES IT IS THE RULE." When you listen to people who have achieved some sort of power it seems that no statement is too outrageous to make. And there are those who will shake their...
"EVERY NEW BEGINNING COMES FROM SOME OTHER BEGINNINGS END" Seneca This time of year would be appropriately called 'The moon of madness'. In Kansas it is wheat harvest time. It is the time when motorists are asked to please be careful and give all the farmers and...