Who thought shooting targets from horseback was fun? Well, they were right. In a manner of speaking. A friend, a horse lover and keeper had requested the pleasure of my company for a ride. It was weekly arrangement, though sometimes we rode together more often. She had three horses and her husband didn’t ride. She […]
Category: Personal Entries
Losing the way but finding new friends: Finland
Sometimes I joke about it, or I get teased a little about my propensity for taking the wrong direction but I think it’s an intentional misdirection I choose to commit myself to instead of a general ineptitude regarding maps. “Getting lost” or taking the wrong direction might be a source of irritation or embarrassment for […]
Photo Connections: 4th Grade & “Doubles”
I was looking back at a school photo of myself in fourth grade. I actually had a true smile I realized when I looked at it though I remembered my mother had had to trim down a newer shirt of my father’s for me to wear since I had nothing special. She’d carefully hemmed the […]
The Navy and it’s “fallen” Captain are just more examples…
Navy Captain, Owen Honors, of the USS Enterprise relieved from command after creating and showing lewd and anti-gay videos to his crew. Full story at the Guardian.UK. “One of the videos opens with an unmistakable declaration of intent: “This evening, all you bleeding hearts and you fags … why don’t you just go ahead and […]
The Bonfire (Photo entry)
Bonfires mean different things for different people, but in its most basic form it represents one of the oldest instinctual urges of humankind: warmth, fellowship, a light in the darkness, defiance and comradeship all at the same time. After a pow-wow there is often a bonfire of some sort. This one was on Gunter’s Lake […]
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