One never knows what they may encounter wandering the forests . . . a stately whitetail buck sporting a handsome pair of antlers . . . or a turkey who obviously has a head-up on the rest of the flock 🙂

‘TSA’ – Tell Someone About … i.e. … If You See Something Say Something. This message is prominently posted throughout today’s airports and transportation terminals . . . a gloomy but necessary warning reflecting the state of the tenuous world we live in. Long before 9/11’s tragedy and the TSA’s formation it initiated, If You…

Dall Sheep Rams – Denali National Park, Alaska QTC – Quote . . . Thought . . . Contemplation Quote Jesus – These things I command you, that you love one another – John 15:17 Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be…

Happy New Year??? Remember giving and receiving that greeting 366 days ago? I do, and am grateful I’m still here fogging a mirror to wish you a Happy 2019 as I enter my 76th year on the planet . . . I know, I’m old! But, (I’ve learned to dislike that 3-letter word) let’s take…

Among the more frequent queries asked by folks who I suspect are politely pondering my sanity are: “Why do you live in Alaska?” “Doesn’t it get really cold up there?” “Isn’t it dark all winter?” It’s been said, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Last evening, standing on a bluff above the Matanuska River…

Due to area posing soil issues, a 1.6-mile stretch of the Foothills Parkway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was left uncompleted and closed for decades.  Modern construction technology intervened, cantilevering the highway over the problematic area, and the Foothills Parkway was recently completed and opened to traffic. This morning we took Foothills Parkway…

Wandering the woods today, an old Sunday School song quietly rose up from the shed leaves blanketing the forest floor . . . “Red and yellow, black and white, all are precious in His sight“ If we’d all count our blessings as Americans, and not the issues that have polarized us, we’d delight in the…

Climbing Craggy Dome’s 5,930 ft. summit to gaze out over the Smokies’ kaleidoscopic fall splendor was worth every bead of perspiration to get there.   The indescribable beauty of the tranquil sea of speckled colors below attested to our indescribable Creator . . . another soul soothing scene brushed across the mountains. A single orange leaf,…

Ever wonder what a totally carefree existence would be like? No relationship, health, financial, societal, national or world peace worries or concerns. Such a utopian Shangri-La is but a hopeful myth in today’s troubled world. Oftimes, circumstances arise which make Scripture’s challenge, “This is the day the Lord hath mad, we will rejoice and be…

Mountain peaks frosted in ‘Termination dust’; ptarmigan and snowshoe hares replacing brown wardrobes with white; Canadian geese ‘V’ formations  above; forest floors carpeted in aspen’s gold below; alpine tundra flecked with brilliant bearberry red . . . all harbingers of The Last Frontier’s all too brief fall surrendering to another all too long winter. Denali National…