Category: Stories by Larry
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A MAN AMONG MEN
The phrase “a man among men” means an exceptional individual who stands out as admirable among other men, and who possesses outstanding qualities, character traits, or achievements that make them a role model among their peers. I recently spent some time with a man like that. Elena Blevins of the Kentucky Lake Convention and Visitors…
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STUMP SITTING TIME
The fall air is crisp as I start my journey up Dogwood Mountain. It is really a big hill, but I named it that because I love mountains. Here in the Ozarks area of southernwestern Missouri, we don’t have mountains like out west, just big hills. The dogwood part of its name comes from the…
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BOONE AND BO
Bo was a beagle, and they were usually rabbit dogs, but Bo was a squirrel dog. He cared nothing about rabbits. He loved to chase and tree squirrels around the farm. Creeks, barbed wire fences, briar thickets, or a brake-squealing car could not keep him from his mission. Treeing squirrels was his job. Bo was…
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Autumn of Life
Autumn is here. It has always been my favorite season. There is something about its waning days of light and warmth. Colorful trees paint the landscape. A plethora of hunting seasons are underway. Fish feed aggressively. They are preparing for the cold days ahead. Sitting around a campfire looking at a night sky filled with…
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Grocery Shopping
I have not been to the grocery store in quite some time. I let my wife do that. Well, I went with my wife the other day and was shocked. I do not pay much attention to what she spends on groceries. I always thought since it was just us, it was not much. There…
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Don’t Let The Old Man In
My wife and I watched Toby Keith: American Icon on TV recently. It was a tribute to the country music star who died of stomach cancer this past February. I have always enjoyed listening to Toby. He was a country boy from Oklahoma that made it big, but he didn’t act like it. He was…
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SOUNDS OF NATURE
There are some sounds in the great outdoors that you hear and they touch your soul. You don’t have to see what made the sound. When you hear the sound you instantly see it in your mind. You may even hear, and see them as you read this. To some, the bugle of an elk…
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How Kids Spell Love
I was outside enjoying my morning cup of coffee. The sunrise was beautiful. Birds serenaded me with songs. A deer walked through a nearby field. Turkeys soon joined them. I sat down on the porch to spend a little time talking to God. A big yellow school bus drove by. My smartphone dings and I…
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Love You To God And Back
I am looking at a picture of a 3-year-old girl sitting on my lap at the cabin we once owned surrounded by the Mark Twain National Forest. As I look at more photos of her, my mind travels back to many special times we have had together. I am proud of the woman she now…
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Mulligans
Simply put, a mulligan is a do-over for those who play the game of golf. Hit a bad shot? Take a mulligan. Drop another ball on the spot from where you just played, and replay the shot. Then, the other shot does not count. Our son Kelly loved to play miniature golf when he was…
