Echoes From the Campfire

Sometimes you just have to turn away from the past and walk forward in life one day at a time.”                    –Kenneth Pratt  (The Wolves of Windsor Ridge)        “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in…

Echoes From the Campfire

Doin’ right for yerself is good. Doin’ right by others makes all the difference.”                    –Chris Mullen  (Rowdy: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen)        “Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of the…

Echoes From the Campfire

The problem with politics, is that so many think doin’ their jobs comes with a reserved place at the trough.”                    –Lou Bradshaw  (Man With No Face)        “Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.”   …

Echoes From the Campfire

There was movement in the brush alongside the creek and I had left my rifle in camp.  I reached down to ready my pistol when a tan blur jumped from the bush.  I started to draw my pistol, but it hit me before I could get it out.  Knocking me backward, the pan flying in…