A few weeks ago the country celebrated American Education Week. How ironic when many here in our home state and local communities are fighting to keep our public education system the best it can be while suffering through population loss and smaller school enrollment. American Education Week ...
There has not been a time in Mary’s and my life that we have not had a family pet. Even when we were first married and living in New Mexico on a small military salary we made enough to share it with four legged companions. Not knowing it, I believe we felt sharing our lives with a pet was a ...
Tomorrow officially kicks off the 2024 end of the year Holiday Season. Since President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it so in 1863, Thanksgiving Day has been a National Holiday. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists from England and the Native American Wampanoag people shared an autumn harvest feast ...
As you read this story, I would ask that you take a moment and remember past Thanksgivings. If you are like most people you may realize the day is about family. Turkey and all the trimmings are an added bonus that we get to enjoy at the same time. Preparations are made and frozen turkeys ...
When playing in the State Soccer Tournament, we tell our players to focus on the game and what they need to do to help us succeed. We warn them to ignore trash talk (negative comments from our opponent or their fans). We explain, while they are thinking up a response or getting upset over the ...
The 2024 election is over, while many may not like the results, anything is better than the politics we have dealt with for the last year or so. Now, just maybe we can go back to some civility. Maybe, just maybe we can open the newspaper, turn on the TV or open our computers and not have to ...
We often use the word, line as a way to separate things we want to remember. A starting point or the end. That way we can judge how far we have come or how much we gained. It is probably the way early man showed distance to other travelers. Simple, but understandable. My story today is to ...
Veterans Day is a legal holiday dedicated to all American veterans. Veterans Day 2024 occurred this past Monday, November 11. Veterans Day to me has always been about the travesties of war. The loss of young men and women fighting for the freedoms we as a nation enjoy. I can think back on the ...
America has lost millions of its fathers, sons, daughters and brothers in the protection of the American spirit of freedom. Each war since the Civil War, heroism and the tragedy of death have been preserved in words and poems. I have collected a few of those words and want to share them with ...
From the beginning of our country's history, millions of men and women of all ages have answered the call of duty to defend the liberty and democracy we hold so sacred. The ideal of laying one’s life down for the freedom of their nation is one of the highest honors any person can have ...
