A Chicken Named McChick

July 16, 2024

The family next door got a chicken as a pet for their kids. They called it McChick after the McDonalds chicken sandwich. The kids carried it around everywhere. Sometimes, it would come over and roam around our yard without the kids. At first, I would run it off. Gradually, McChick worked her way into my…
Hakuna Matata!

July 15, 2024

For Christmas a few years ago, I surprised my wife with two tickets to see the musical “Lion King” at Juanita K. Hammons Hall in Springfield. Truthfully, I was thought she would want to take one of her lady friends with her to see it. She would not want me to go, would she? She…
Too Much Screen Time

July 15, 2024

If you grew up in the 1950s, 60s, or even early 70s, things were a lot different for kids back then. When you rode your bicycle, you wore no helmet. We even hitchhiked with strangers and did not worry about it. We rode in cars or trucks with no seat belts or airbags. There were…
America’s Great Outdoors

July 14, 2024

The opening line of one of my favorite songs says, “God bless America, land that I love.” Another line is, “From the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam, God bless America, my home sweet home.” I love America’s great outdoors. I grew up in Missouri and still call it my home…
A Woman With A Big Heart

July 12, 2024

It is early morning on the river in the trout park. The sun is beginning to peek through the forested hills. Annie is at the river’s edge with a fishing rod in her hand. She is visiting with the men on both sides of her. It’s a cool morning. Annie is the only woman to…
WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU GO?

July 11, 2024

I was coming home from a fishing trip one Saturday and listening to my favorite radio station. I like the country music they play. They also proudly proclaim to be about God, Country, and Family. As I listened, I was thinking about the church services coming up the next day. At three of our four…