Author’s Thoughts

The thoughts of the author in a blog format

  • My View of The Creek

    My View of The Creek

    We have a room  on the south side of the house we call, “The Sun Room”. During the day, there is plenty of sunlight filtering through the four picture windows,  I do most of my writing in this place. The thing I most like about writing here is that during those short periods that I

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  • A Day at The Library

                Years ago when my son was moving from kindergarten to the first grade there was a Summer Reading Program. The program covered all students in St. Louis, Missouri. If a student read five books over the summer, the reader received a certificate for an ice cream cone from the

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  • I now live in the Ozarks.  It’s a great house in a great area of Missouri. In past blogs I wrote on the people here that I am proud and honored to be allowed to call my friends and neighbors. This blog, though, is about my cabin even further into the mountains. It is a

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  • Christmas: A Reflection

    Christmas’s are a time to rejoice. The last several Christmas’s I saw a great deal to lament. Chuck, a friend who I valued as a brother, went to God’s keeping a cold Christmas morning. The following year, Bill was assigned to help guard the streets of Heaven with his newest commanding officer – Saint Michael.

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  • A Nice Peaceful Day Trip to the Ozark Mountains in Missouri… OR IS IT??  

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  • A Hero – A passing thought

    As I stood in the hall of the Bourbon Missouri Elementary School, I noticed papers taped to the wall. Outside of Ms. Harmon’s first grade class were all the papers of who their hero’s were. On first thought, one might think that at the age of six or seven they would name a favorite Super

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  • After my heart operation last summer I was healed enough to get a job.  The book, “The Wolf’s Moon“, was still selling but due to my need to put the world back into perspective, I applied and was hired as a substitute janitor. At first, it was at the high school.  I swept and mopped

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  • Hello to everyone! This will be short but I want to thank everyone for their good thoughts, best wishes and prayers. Since March, it has been something of a go.  Not all bad.  I hope to be back writing soon.  Cardiac Rehab is going well.  The doctor says I am doing remarkably well. 2 days

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  • Good Morning Everyone! I wanted to make sure to provide an update on Patrick Jones this morning.  He has had an incredible summer adventure so far!  I am sure he does not think it incredible, but he is alive nonetheless! Earlier this year, Pat had a bought with pneumonia, or so we thought.  It turned

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  • And the Pond Saga Continues…

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