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Author: Fred D

  • Hiking through Wonder

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    John Muir once wrote a caveat regarding visiting Alaska, which I’ve succumbed to, “You should never go to Alaska as a young man because you’ll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live.” You’ve been duly warned 😊 Yesterday Grant and I hiked up into Hatcher Pass, one of my thousand…

  • Creation on Steroids

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    5,000 words in 5 pics . . . and some people ask why I love Alaska “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork” – Psalms19:1 His Goodness runs after me . . . I M Blessed . . . May U B 2

  • Moose Camp

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    The refrain of the contemporary hymn His Goodness echos in my thoughts testifying that, despite myself,  “His Goodness continues to run after me” . . . what an amazing omnipotent, all loving, all forgiving God is ours!  This past weekend I was blessed to spend some long overdue catch-up time with my special friend Daryl…

  • Forever Young

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    Free from responsibilities, schedules and concerns that come with adulting, watching the unconstrained joy children at play is appealing contagious. As childhood fades and we begin to tackle the necessary responsibilities, schedules and concerns that come with adult territory, an inverse relationship between age and joy tiptoes into life. By God’s grace alone, having survived…

  • Alaska Majesty

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    “Oh it’s good to be back home again” – John Denver “Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together with joy.”Psalms98:8

  • Final Destination

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    Holding Ellen close in front of me; arms spread recklessly wide on the bow; the wind tussling my flowing locks ???😊 . . . Titanic is one of my favorite films. Last week Ellen and I visited the Titanic exhibit just over the mountain from us. Definitely a more historic venue versus Pigeon Forge’s standard…

  • Creepy Crawlers … Evolution or Creation?

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    I have a love/hate relationship with insects. Childhood summers frequently found me chasing orange Monarchs, yellow Swallowtails, and a variety of other brightly colored butterflies through fields with my net … and … smearing calamine lotion on painful bee stings and spider bites.   Not sure why God made mosquitoes and bald-faced hornets, but I’m…

  • Miracles

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    Miracle – “A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of divine agency.” – Oxford dictionary Ever experience a miracle? . . . you are one, as am I and every other person, a “…surprising and welcome event of divine agency…

  • Attitude Paradigm Shift

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    My wife has been ‘vacationing’ in a rehab facility since a fall nearly 6 weeks ago shattered her right arm … naturally she’s right-handed ☹.  This unexpected event suddenly thrust me back into temporary bachelorhood, and I’m not particularly enjoying it. Perhaps I’m different … tone down those AMENs!😊 …  but my default response to…

  • Heat Wave

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    Our area averages 34 days/year with temperatures of 90 degrees or more. Today was the 28th day this year with 90+ temps . . . this ain’t Alaska! You know it’s HOT when you’re awakened by splashing outside the bedroom at night and see Smoky cooling off in the creek. I was gonna’ throw him…