I loved hearing the story of the first time I traveled back to Texas to see my Grandmother Pettit. I was the first  of her three grandchildren and on that trip, we arrived after dark and the porch lig...  Read More

Jesus told a story about a Jewish man who was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. At that time that 20 mile  journey that dropped 3600 feet in elevation was called “the Bloody Way”. There were so man...  Read More

It was the summer of 1859 that Charles Blondin became famous. He was a tightrope walker who walked on a  rope stretched across the Niagara Falls. He was 160 feet above the falls and walked back and fo...  Read More

In 1945 New Hampshire voted on a motto for their state. For many years the license plates of New Hampshire  have carried the slogan, made famous by Revolutionary War general John Stark – "live free or...  Read More

Years ago electricity was being brought to rural areas for the first time. Never before had people seen tall poles  lining the roads and electrical wires running for miles. Amazingly, many rural famil...  Read More

If you’ve ever gone backpacking, you know what a wonderful adventure it can be. The first thing you need to  do is to choose everything you are going to need for your time in the wilderness. One perso...  Read More