When I opened the block door, Mateo was standing there with a wide, toothy grin holding paper and pencil in hand. “Thought I told you to take a walk,” I barked. If possible, his grin got bigger and he replied, “I did. I walked over to the desk to find some paper, figuring…
Echoes From the Campfire
It’s times like this that bring a man face to face with himself.” –Louis L’Amour (Last Stand at Pagago Wells) “But in keeping with his promises we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.”…
Coffee Percs
He boiled a big pot of iron bottom coffee and was cautioned not to put too much water in it, meaning, make it strong.” –Gordon Rottman (The Hardest Ride) Mornin’ to yuh, Pard. Busy mornin’, no time for preachin’, pontificatin’, prophesyin’, or politicizin’. I…
Echoes From the Campfire
He grades up like a side-winder slidin’ under the sagebrush. There’s nothin’ clean about him but his clothes.” –Charles A. Seltzer (The Range Boss) “These men deliberately forfeited the truth of God and accepted a lie, paying homage and giving service to the…