Can you see him? I love walking into the wild, in my own back yard! He blends in so well. A closer look. Oh, he has spotted me. He is off!
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Can you see him? I love walking into the wild, in my own back yard! He blends in so well. A closer look. Oh, he has spotted me. He is off!
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel A reminder of Babylon’s past; for those who continue to engage in Mesopotamia. Art can never exist without naked beauty displaced. ~ William...
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The Golden Driller “Dedicated to the men of the petroleum industry who by their vision and daring have created from God’s abundance a better life for mankind.” Kate standing near his very big boots What a View from the Road! With his arm resting on an actual oil derrick, standing 76...
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A Deconstructed Strawberry Charlotte When I was in ninth grade, my home economics teacher, whose name I cannot remember, taught us how to make a very simple dessert, which I now believe was her version of a strawberry charlotte. With store bought ingredients, any fifteen year old could feel the accomplishment of wow! The...
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The Royal Poinciana There are few trees more magnificent than the flowering Royal Poinciana! Its’ striking display of color brightens spring and summer, in tropical climates, with an all but unequaled exuberance, which has justifiably earned it the name Flamboyant in many regions of the world. While I usually prefer a...
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I Am Not Her Anymore I am not her any more Sometimes I miss her – I catch a glimpse of her – I even hear her – But I am not her anymore Sometimes I wonder what she would say – What she would do – What she...
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National D-Day Memorial Bedford, Virginia was home to the largest number of casualties, during the heroic and monumental June 6, 1944 landing in France, to liberate Europe from the Nazi war machine. The National D-Day Memorial, in the United States, is thus fittingly situated on 88 acres in the small, quiet town. As the free...
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I Suppose the Skunk is Hungry I apologize for the quality of the photography, but I did not want to scare this fellow – not only did I want his picture, but we all know what happens when a skunk is frighten, Bon appétit! Off he went, all is well.
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Cadillac Ranch Driving down US 40, near Amarillo Texas, you will see the Cadillac Ranch, which consist of 10 Cadillac’s that were built between 1949 – 1963. I remember having seen this rather quirky display, which somehow screams out Texas to me, during our first road trip, in 1987, but alas we...
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Life Brings Redemption by Cristina Jill Mosqueda Life Brings Redemption, a short story available at Barns and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/life-brings-redemption-cristina-jill-mosqueda/1119480842?ean=2940149208746
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To read the story of how my parents met and began their ministry:
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.”
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?”