We live in one of the mountainous regions of America. And, you know, mountains are beautiful once you can see them. In areas like this, you can start quite a few mornings with fog and mist. Sometimes it just obscures the mountains in the distance, and sometimes I...

After a while I gave up trying to read those little blurbs that were next to the senior pictures in a high school yearbook. In our school, the seniors got to write their own, and it was usually in cryptic abbreviations so they could get in as many words as...

Your first clue that something unusual ahead is a sign on the Interstate announcing what they call “the biggest cross in the Western Hemisphere.” And, sure enough, as you approach that spot in Texas, you begin to see this huge white cross on the...

Our sons’ room was upstairs, off the beaten path where my wife and I tended to travel in our house. But usually when we did venture into Boys World, we were in for a shock. Let’s just say the boys had this unlimited capacity to make a mess and this...

You’ve probably seen pictures of an eagle, probably soaring majestically. You’ve actually seen some eagles? Okay. I’ll bet they were soaring. It’s always special when you see one. But apparently, from something I read recently, there are...