A Wild Olive Branch

I am now posting on Substack .  I like the interface and the ability to easily connect with readers.  The net result is I am posting more.  ...

Grey Squirrel by Kev from Pixabay As I watched one of this little rascal's cousins trot over to one of my raised beds and quickly bury a...

  Some years ago, my father sent me the above text on my birthday.   Linda and I left Louisiana in 1972 immediately after our marriage to li...

How does an honorable man handle pain and disappointment?  Stephen Mansfield writing in Mansfield's Book of Manly Men has some suggesti...

There was a time in the history of the world when people were sold for the value they could provide to the buyers.  Even children and teens ...

It is dark. We sleep. The electronics do not.   At 0600 precisely, the alarm starts loudly blaring a song.   “Alexa,” I say sharply, from...

At first glance, there's nothing too remarkable about this small redwood tree growing near our house. But I know something about its his...

This isn't a brag. It's a strategy that has worked for me. I'm sharing this in hopes it will help others. After being overweig...

My university experience was a great time in my life. It is where I met my wife, it prepared me for a rewarding career, and it opened my ey...

We did something ordinary today.  We ate our Sunday lunch together, the three generations of us here.  It's ordinary because we do this...