Coffee Percs

He was a pragmatic man. He reached for the coffee.”                           –Elmer Kelton   Pard, come on in an’ help me out.  No, it’s not the coffee; it’s ready to drink.  But sometimes this new lingo gets me right confused and discombobulated.  I…

Echoes From the Campfire

I had to fight my first battle to conquer my own stubborn soul.”                    –Max Brand  (Riders of the Silences)        “But I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be…

Echoes From the Campfire

It does not matter how cold, bitter or long winter may last; spring, eventually, comes.”                         –Kenneth Pratt  (Dragon’s Fire)         “As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.”…

Echoes From the Campfire

Things always work out for people who have faith.”                    –Elmer Kelton  (The Day the Cowboys Quit)        “Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.”                     –Psalm 89:2 (NLT)———————————-The…