Echoes From the Campfire

It was a person’s actions that defined them. It was up to them to choose what kind of man they’d be; where to draw the line and how to conduct themselves, so that their integrity shone through.”                     –Andrew Weston  (Trouble on the Smoky Hill Trail)…

The Saga of Miles Forrest

Dreaming all the time instead of working is foolishness.  And there is ruin in a flood of empty words.  Fear God instead.”  –Ecclesiastes 5:7 (NLT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *      I tried to get comfortable, but that’s hard to do on those old…

Echoes From the Campfire

The fragrance of young grass responding to the rains made a magic like nothing else ever known. It rose upon a new warmth, gentle, moist, and living, from the unlocked vitality of the earth itself—the smell of hope, of promise, of a world reborn. Under the ground and upon it and in the air, every…

Coffee Percs

It’s also poor manners not to offer a stranger a cup of coffee after inviting him into a camp, and you’re hopeful these men will conduct themselves decently.”                      –Robert Peecher  (Through a Land Accurst)   Grab yur cup and sit yurself down an’ take a long…