I have had the time to do a lot of thinking and introspection for the last 2 1/2 to 3 weeks, and I want to write straight from my heart. You see, as the beautiful Month of May was approaching its end, I tested positive for the Covid-19 Virus and consequently experienced what so many […]

It’s hard to imagine yourself as a soldier in ancient times walking onto a battlefield where swords, spears, daggers, flails, bows and arrows, and shields of your enemy abound, and yet you stand there, in light clothing, with no shoes, boots or head covering, while your foe is in full charge toward you, his eyes […]

The renowned American essayist Joseph Epstein once made the following assertion: Reading is experience. A biography of any literary person ought to deal at length and in detail with what…

Perhaps the most famous saying of God from outside the Bible is an exhortation to read: “tolle lege” —meaning, “pick up and read.” These words, repeated as a chant in…

“Gone”-A Poem about the Darkest Saturday Gone….. was his incredible smile,… that they remembered so clearly, as the children had gathered around him, with their laughter, and playing, and dirty hands, trying to climb into his lap as he blessed them. Gone…..was the authority he exercised,….over the trembling demons, that saturated the poor wretched man […]

Did Pope Francis one step away from One World Religion Was this his big step for Tuesday John Ruffle ???

APRIL 24, 1930 – MARCH 31, 2022 IN THE CARE OF Pendry’s Lenoir Funeral Home Alpha Lee “Dude” Carswell, age 91, of Lenoir, North Carolina, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Alpha was born April 24, 1930, in Caldwell County to the late Lee and Pansy Porch Carswell.  He is survived by his wife […]