[December 12, 2023] I am fortunate to live in a rural community with a low crime rate, good and courteous people, reliable utilities, and proper local governance. Alas, there is always a Scrooge who wants to make things bad for others, and we have one who goes around photographing people’s homes and complaining. Their offense? They have Christmas… Read More »
[December 11, 2023] The Satterfield family lived in the countryside on the outskirts of the small city of Bastrop, Louisiana, just west of Cypress Bayou, recently moving there from the town we’d grown up in. Our new red-brick home was in a sunny place with giant oak trees, a child’s swing set, woods in the backyard, and a… Read More »
[December 9, 2023] He was the most gorgeous black stallion I’d ever laid my eyes upon; his breed was a Morgan. I had a curious outlook on what it was like to be an adult. And that is expected of a young, outdoors, fun-loving, mostly shy kid from the Deep South. One of those experiences involved riding horses… Read More »
[December 7, 2023] The day after the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress with a stirring speech asking for a declaration of war. The clarity of his words remains 82 years later today: Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take… Read More »
[December 5, 2023] Nine year old Holden Amenta is a kid hero. He is a superfan of the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional football team (you might have heard of them) and one that Holden goes all-out to support. The team colors are black and red. Recently a black sports writer accused young Holden of being a racist… Read More »
[December 4, 2023] My great aunt Marie Tabor was a beautiful woman, tall, energetic, smart, articulate, motivated, and dedicated to my Mom. She was the sister of my maternal Bigmama (Grandmother Blankenship). Aunt Rea lived her entire life in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a classic upscale neighborhood and was a hairdresser. She had no children, which may be… Read More »
[November 30, 2023] The Exodus story of meaning is a three-part series that attempts to dive into the meaning of one of the greatest stories ever told in the Bible. I will explain how this story can help each of us in a dramatic and positive way. See Part 1 and Part 2. The Israelites are now out… Read More »
[November 29, 2023] The Exodus story of meaning is a three-part series that attempts to dive into the meaning of one of the greatest stories ever told in the Bible. I will “connect the dots” between the story as written in the Bible and explain how it can help each of us in a dramatic and positive way.… Read More »
[November 28, 2023] This story of meaning is a three-part series that attempts to dive into the meaning of one of the greatest stories ever told in the Bible. I will “connect the dots” between the story as written in the Bible and explain how it can help each of us in a dramatic and positive way. It… Read More »
[November 27, 2023] Bonnie was my first “girlfriend.” I was six years old, and now as I look back from many decades and a number of girlfriends later, I didn’t actually know what having a girlfriend meant. Some folks will say it’s not possible for a boy to have a girlfriend so young when he is immature, unfocused,… Read More »