Blessings For a man who has two daughters, five grandchildren and recently a great granddaughter, this Proverb resonates with me. Grandfathers were originally referred to as old men. Seems appropriate. A numerous progeny was believed to be a great blessing to a man; to have his table surrounded with children, as olive plants; to be […]
Young men Where do we start? Boys, young men, our future—they are taking their own lives at an ever increasing rate. A seventeen year-old athlete with a scholarship to Georgia Tech stepped in front of an oncoming train to end his life last week. A boy with a future, but burdened by his family’s circumstances. The mass […]
A fallen tree DAMS…can be of many sizes and uses. Some are natural while others are man made. The vast majority are created for the purpose of conservation and flood control. The largest earth filled dam in the United States is Fort Peck Dam located on the Missouri River in Northeast Montana. It contains 125.6 […]
You can tell a tree by its fruit ACORNS…are the fruit of an Oak tree. I have heard people saying they are from an Acorn tree. Go figure! They are falling all over our yard and up and down the street. As I was reflecting on the ones pictured here, it reminded me of an […]
José Rodulfo Gutiérrez Quintana I did not have the privilege of knowing him. I heard about him whenever the family gathered at the table to talk over dinner, coffee or when they met in the balcony of the house to “remember the good old days”. The little they told me about him captivated me. How […]