I was taking a walk a couple days ago along Old Highway road.  All the cattle stopped to stare at me.   I yelled at them in order to get a few more to look my way.  A few more did, looking at me like I was crazy.  They continued to stand there like cows , didn’t move,  just stared.  It wasn’t until I was on my way back and saw the beautiful … [Read more...] about Cows

I need to brag.  I wrote 50,321 words in one month.  This was the requirement to get to display the  winner logo and get a certificate verifying I wrote that many words.  It’s not these things I strove to accomplish.  It was the idea of disciplining myself to write almost every day and writing as many as 3000 words in a day to accomplish my goal.  … [Read more...] about I Did It – Wrote a 50,321 Novel in a Month

I’ve been thinking about Nic Sheff and his praying to God for help.  He says that he doesn’t believe it God but doesn’t know what else to do, so he prays.  It appears his prayers are answered.  He doesn’t say it in so many words, but it comes through in his writing.  I figure most cynics would say that it wasn’t God, but something inside Nic or the fact that he prayed and it … [Read more...] about Prayer

I wanted to see a picture of Nic and his dad so went on line.  The father looked like I expected and Nic didn’t.  I’m not sure what I expected.  There was a link to A Hip Mom’s Guide, one mom's thoughts on raising boys, living life, & having fun.  I wrote the following comment. I just finished reading Beautiful Boy and am half way through Tweak.  I … [Read more...] about Response to I’m Cheering for You Nic Sheff.

I agree.  We shouldn’t blame God for the evil in the world because the evil in the world comes from man and not from God.   Hitler came into power because the people, including Jews, did not rise up against him.  Germans did not raise up against him.  Countries refused to accept the Jews when Hitler tried to sent them to other countries.  God may … [Read more...] about Don’t Blame God