I am sitting in a waiting area waiting for my number to be called in a Ford dealership’s Parts Department. A little girl of about 5 years old asked if she can sit next to me on the bench. Without waiting for answer climbs up. A few minutes pass and...

This post was written on May 27.  Jeff and Yvan leave for Coos Bay permanently today.  They have been our friends, co-workers and supporters for almost a decade.  They have helped some of the most needy in society.  They have been accomplished artists, both visually and verbally on this website...

This afternoon we were at a rest stop. There was a mother and two well behaved children flying a large sign asking for a “Miracle”. A woman driving a brand new $54,000 Truck walks up and drops a few coins into a container and walks over to her truck which...

In the gospel of John in the 15th chapter and the 13th verse it says there is no greater gift than the laying down of ones life for another. There are many ways to die other than physically stop breathing cross over to the other side type of dying. It...

I am sure we have all heard the adage a big fish in a small pond. I met one yesterday and he has a small following, who think he is some kind of super spiritual leader. They are the most dangerous. They are name droppers, because they think the one...

There are subjects that most people are afraid to spend time thinking about. Like being mortal. There is a scene in the 13th Warrior where they are preparing to sleep knowing that they are going to meet a arch foe later in the night.the Arab ask the Norseman, “How can...

Ever experience a time in your life where you seem to be repeating another era or season? In the last 6 months of my tour of duty with the United States Army, I was assigned to a funeral escort squad. My job was to be present at the place where...

I had just dropped my beloved off at the Marriott, she is helping her best friend run a table at the Oricon convention. I am heading for the Hawthorne Bridge with a radio show blaring. It is Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and I am laughing so hard I am...

There is this fellow vet who flies a sign on SE Washington next to the 205 overpass. I usually give him a couple of bucks when I see him. Today I saw him but not at his normal spot, he was on the overpass and he was talking to this...

I have over the years identified myself as Celtic and I wear a Celtic cross. It is the cross with the circle that surrounds the intersection of the cross. Many folk come up and hold it and look at the intricate knot emblazon upon it’s surface and some are curious...