Echoes From the Campfire

A bitter and bleak world it was, with the peaks obscured and enshrouded, and sending earthward the eerie scream of the gale as it sheered the sharp points; a world of torturing cold and uneasy loneliness.”                     –Ernest Haycox  (Chaffee of Roaring Horse)      …

Echoes From the Campfire

Storms could strip a man bare, but not if his house and yard were ready.”                    –E.J. West  (Gunsmoke Christmas)        “…We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.”         …

Echoes From the Campfire

I can fix you some cornbread and sweetmilk right now if you’d like.”                    –Elmer Kelton  (The Good Old Boys)        “Happy are people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because they will be fed until they are full.”           …

The Saga of Miles Forrest

Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.” –Ecclesiastes 7:3 (NLT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *      We were sitting in the office drinking the coffee Doc had made.  The door was open to the back cell room and…