Echoes From the Campfire

He was a careful man.  Careful of his walk, careful of the way he dressed, careful when he handled guns, and careful in the care of his horse.  Every morning he brushed the dust from his clothes, and every morning he combed his hair.”              –Louis L’Amour  (To Tame a Land)     “As You sent Me into the…

The Saga of Miles Forrest

Lucas!” Marta yelled half-way across the diner, then rushed to grab him by the shoulders.  “Have you been fighting?”  She jerked him a couple of times.    “No…”    She shook him again, “Don’t you lie to me.  I can see your face.”    I reached to take one of Marta’s arms from the boy and received an angry look from…

Echoes From the Campfire

It was better to have no friend than to have one and betray him.”              –Charles A. Seltzer  (The Boss of the Lazy Y)     “A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,”              –Proverbs 6:18 (two of the seven things that are an abomination to the Lord in Proverbs 6)——————————I’m posting quite a…

Coffee Percs

It was good sitting there in the cool of early morning, with the faint smell of woodsmoke in the air, the smell of frying bacon, the smell of good coffee.”              –Louis L’Amour  (The Lonely Men) Why shore the coffee tastes like mud this mornin’, they were grounds earlier.  Ha, that’s what yuh get for callin’ me…