Echoes From the Campfire

What’re friends fer but to go to?”                    –Zane Grey  (The Mysterious Rider)        “If you fall, your friend can help you up. But if you fall without having a friend nearby, you are really in trouble.”                 …

Echoes From the Campfire

Next to such things as smallpox and cholera, whiskey was the most malignant and destructive force on the frontier.”                    –Douglas C. Jones  (Winding Stair)        “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.”     …

Echoes From the Campfire

 Do not let the years pass you by. When you reach my age, life will become primarily a memory. Don’t let the bad overpower the good.”                    –Donald L. Robertson  (Lonesome Justice)        “Since his days are determined.  The number of his months is with…

The Saga of Miles Forrest

Wisdom is always distant and very difficult to find.” –Ecclesiastes 7:24 (NLT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *       It had been quiet, at least in my line of work, the past week.  Of course, Mateo and his office were busy with the nightly drunk…