Echoes From the Campfire

Nor could he bear to leave the lands of immense distances, the purity of the air, the vast sweep of the mountains, plains and forests, the smell of his lonely campfires, the feeling of a good horse under him, and the song of the lonely winds. It was in his heart now, in his blood…

Coffee Percs

He pulled a rag from his coat pocket and used it to lift the coffee pot from the fire. He poured the hot brew into two tin cups, put the pot back in place, and then handed a cup to her.”                –James Leonard  (The Good Guy)   Pard,…

Echoes From the Campfire

Fear and faith couldn’t co-exist, they were like oil and water.”                     –Dan Arnold  (Riding for the Brand)        “‘Assemble the people, and I will give them water.’  There the Israelites sang this song:  ‘Spring up, O well!  Yes, sing about it!’”     …

Echoes From the Campfire

No human creature entered a desert oasis without joy, nor left it without regret.”                     –Zane Grey  (Wanderer of the Wasteland)        “Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again.  But whoever drinks of the water that I…