The Saga of Miles Forrest

So I concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they can.”  –Ecclesiastes 3:12, NLT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *      With that shot I dropped the man I was dragging, when he…

Echoes From the Campfire

How almost impossible to exercise eternal vigilance! Habit was more powerful, in the long run, than the most implacable of wills.”                    –Zane Grey  (Arizona Ames)        “Serve the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling.”                   …

Coffee Percs

If I get my druthers, we’ll sit here and drink coffee all day instead of being out in that bitter wind.”                     –Duane Boehm  (Shooting Star)        “Oooooo — oooooo,”  What do yuh mean, what’s that?  That’s the sound of the wind howlin’ through…

Echoes From the Campfire

A mule might sometimes act like a horse, and at a distance even look like a horse, but it remained forever a mule.”                    –Elmer Kelton  (The Pumpkin Rollers)         “We who are strong [in our convictions and of robust faith] ought to bear…