Author: don3518
Retired, living in my hometown of Hooker OK. I proudly served seven years in the US Navy mostly overseas. I'm addicted to Scotland. I like to read, work in my yard when weather permits. I like to write a few things.
Patterns for life…
These few words neatly printed on a small tag attached to several paper cutouts in the shape of a dress. They were neatly tied together […]
Continue readingThe selling of the land…
 In a message about the early church its survival and amazing growth in a hostile environment, Pastor Rodney Elliott (Pathway Wichita) spoke about Ananias and […]
Continue readingHow did this happen?
Fourteen years ago this week, we began hanging out in the NICU at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. We were there to visit Camden and […]
Continue readingParkinson’s Foundation Conference
Aspen Balthazor, DPT was a featured speaker at the recent Parkinson’s Foundation Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita KS. Her topic was, ‘Exercise 101 […]
Continue readingListenin’ and thinkin’…
Drivin,’ listenin’,’ and thinkin were things I had not done for a while. Listenin’ and thinkin’ while drivin’ I mean. As an old, retired guy, […]
Continue readingA windmill….
Windmills have served this arid, high desert region well (pun intended), bringing cool, clear, life-giving water to an often parched surface for people, crops, and […]
Continue readingFrom my notes: 1
Back from Scotland: April/May 201906/01/2017-6:18 am At Angela’s in Deer Park, (IL) sitting in the back garden by the pool, enjoying the sound of an […]
Continue readingMeeting Charley Pride…
In the early seventies, I found myself at Remote Site H-2 in Iceland. I’m told our mountain was 17 miles from the Arctic Circle. Travel […]
Continue readingSome truth from X
I woke up and as I had my morning coffee, I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter […]
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