His name was John Fears. He was a Confederate Soldier, a doctor…and my great-great-grandfather. He was  from Texas and served with the 27th Texas calvary. He was wounded but survived the war. When the...  Read More

Our church has a house where our kids meet on Sunday mornings. I went in the other day and it just smelled  kind of funky. It wasn’t anything dangerous…it just didn’t smell good. I thought about what ...  Read More

Years ago, my Dad took me from our little town to the “city” and I remember walking downtown past all the  stores and restaurants holding my Dad’s hand. He was on the street side and I was on the side...  Read More

I had some time to kill and the place where I have bought stuff for my trains was just down the street, so I  headed over to see if there was something that I just couldn’t resist. It is located in an...  Read More

The altimeters in an airplane are important because they tell the pilot how high they are flying. That’s important  because you want to make sure you are flying higher than any other thing on the grou...  Read More

The grandfather had always bought Christmas gifts for each of his grandchildren but it became increasingly  difficult for him to figure out what might the right gift for each one. So he decided this y...  Read More