Handoffs, Heartache, and Blisters

Handoffs, Heartache, and Blisters My sons have competed as a team in the Bass Pro Shops Conservation Weekend for some time now.  Some years were different, as there were times when they couldn’t assemble a…

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The Boy From Marceline

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Of Rivera and the Reverend

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Old Glory

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Along Came Joe

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Positive Polarity

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Check This Out

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On Laughter Silvered Wings

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Old Glory

Old Glory The drive to and from work every day takes about two hours of my allotted 24.  The evening drive often finds me as single-minded as a barn-sour mule, just anxious to get home. …


It started with a turtle.

It started with a turtle. Young Shelby Knight was furious.  Life wasn’t being fair.  She screamed at the heavens, “I can’t do this Lord; I can NOT do this!  I can NOT have this child! …


My Perfect Boys, Part 2

My Perfect Boys, Part 2 I brag on my sons a lot, and deservedly, but I think I’ve given people the wrong impression about how perfect they are.  Sorry folks, my boys are boys after…