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Teaching Manners & Common Courtesy A common courtesy minor event caught me by surprise. My 9-year-old son, Aaron, rushed through the door of our local Community Center ahead of me. One of our good friends called out as she exited carrying an arm-full of packages, “Please hold the door open.” To my chagrin, he yelled […]
The Keys To Finding A Perfect Gift Some people are really hard to pick any presents for. Never mind the perfect gift. You know the type? Well, that’s not me. Anytime I pick up a catalogue for sports, hunting and fishing, western wear or horse tack, I find dozens of great gifts. For myself, that […]
Bad Behavior Excuses Progress came to Idaho with the Lottery. Promoters presented their supposed good reason. “Folks travel across the state border to spend their money in other states’ lottery. Let’s keep that cash in Idaho.” I guess the logic convinced many. But I wondered if that was such a good way to make a […]
Don’t Mess with My Routine A change of plans can make good sense. For instance, I spent three days with a chain saw and a splitting maul to prepare my own firewood. The red fir took longer than I expected. In fact, the whole project interrupted my routine schedule. Here’s my ideal day. Get out […]
Unchangeable Truth In A Mirror Reflection My 9-year-old son, Aaron, enjoyed playing with my recording equipment. He sat in front of the mic and made an assortment of noises. Every once in a while, he uttered a few words. Then I convinced him to read a few passages from the Bible. I taped it and […]
The Long Trail Home, by Christy Award winning western author Stephen Bly Book 3 in the Fortunes of the Black Hills western family saga novels is a prodigal son story of redemption, forgiveness and restoration. Sam Fortune discovers the only way to escape the consequences of the past. Face the people left behind. “I told you […]
One-Word Rules For a Modern Frontier Family Are you part of a frontier family? For those who live on the spiritual frontier, we’re all pilgrims and pioneers. We’re pushing through this life to get someplace else. I’m a simple man. Here’s a plain and practical approach for navigating a frontier family today. For Christian fathers, […]
How I Came To Christ A best day in my life happened this way. At age 23, I was married to Janet Chester, had two children, and farming, doing what I wanted to do. Happy with my wife, I loved my sons and family. Ranching and farming tends to be very cyclical and seasonal. You […]
Hard Winter Tales At Local Café Every rural café from northern Idaho to southern Arizona, California to the eastern slope of the Rockies, you’ll find a back booth, special table, or counter reserved for the Hard Winter Bunch. I stopped by the Eat Here & Die café the other day. After I slipped across the […]
Think Like A Cowboy It’s 1954. In the western cowboy novel, Cowboy For A Rainy Afternoon, six Old West cowboys and a 10-year-old boy meet for a weekly cribbage game. While the old men spin tales of days gone by on the trail, a real life adventure stirs around them. The boy with the red […]
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