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  • Folk Potpourri from the Ozarks
  • Cherished Memories
    • A Forgotten December Day When Another Angel Was Here
    • A Nigh Impossible Farewell
    • Tribute to the Best of Soldiers
    • The Water of Life in a Dry Place
    • Reflections on Grandpa’s Little Varmint
    • Not Hidden – Obliterated
    • Mortifying on a Lonely Yukon Mountaintop
    • Lofty Pastures
  • Country Humor
    • A Wayward Maniac and an Icy Ozark Night
    • When You Hike in the Ozarks Be Prepared
    • My Frozen Tomato
    • A Deserved Break in Elitism’s Toil
    • We are Sold Out
    • Fun Quiz with Pictures
    • Beyond the Latest End of the World
    • Thanks to Tanks of Thought
    • Ignore Hillbilly Warnings at Your Peril
  • Nature Chronicles
    • Of Building Bridges: of Loyalty to One’s People
    • Volcanoes, Weather Aberrations and Gardens
    • Inquiring Minds Need to Know
    • Atlantis in the Mississippi River Sand
    • Sometimes Nature is Better Left alone
    • Something Green is Peeking Through the Woods
    • Squatters Out By the Wet-Weather Creek
    • Thoughts on Creation on a Beautiful Spring Morning
    • Enters the Wonder of the Ozark Spring
  • Rustic Luxuries
  • Silent Roads
  • Site Updates
    • A (Hopefully) Functional Folkpotpourri
  • The Word of God
    • Madness too Insane for Normal People to Ignore
    • Still a Little Time to Decide – But Not Much
    • Remaining Steadfast in Troubled Times
    • The Solution to Whatever Threat Awaits
    • Emptiness of the Church – and the Heart
    • Where to go When the End is Upon Us
    • 2026 – Another Stage of Our Journey
    • How to Prevail in this Time of Darkness Upon Us
    • Take Care of Where to Place Your Trust
    • The Fiery Voice of the Mountains Calls to Us
    • We All Must Go Home
    • It’s Getting Cold Out There
    • When Evil Becomes a Way of Life
    • You Bet Thanksgiving is Important!
    • The Difference is God’s Love
    • Reject the Drive-Thru Life of the Rich
    • There’s a Fine Line Between Recognizing and Hating
    • Now Gather the Dark and Gloomy Clouds of Winter
    • Domestic Loss of Agency and Spirit
    • The Infinitesimal Value of a Politician’s “Truth”
    • Dare We Consider and Proclaim Our Love?
    • Seeking the Infallible Truth in the Darkness
    • A Privilege Rarely Understood
    • Negotiating Some of the Endless Forks in the Road
    • A Mental Foray into a New World
    • Need to Pack Up to Head to Our Real Home
    • Our New Beginning Starts Soon
    • Why We Must Apply the Right Standards for Perfection
    • The Way – A Lonely Road with Bandits in Ambush
    • Standing at the Edge of the Precipice
    • Freedom Followed Expiry of the Fulfilled Legal System
    • Shelling Peas and Thoughts on Spiritual Growth
    • MAGA – Mutiny Against God Almighty
    • How to Become Victorious Over A Wretched World
    • When We Shine the Light in the Right Direction
    • To Heed the Right Word and Compose One’s Own
    • They Must Be Taught, Then Allowed, to Love
    • It’s Critical to Stay Spiritually Above the Fray
    • Of Faith, Courage and Good Cheer
    • Do Believers Abhor the Slaughter of Innocents?
    • Climate Changes Drastically With Evil in the Air
    • The Sickle is Being Thrust Into the Crop
    • Fruit of the Pure at Heart
    • Perils of Serving the Wrong Master – Here and Beyond
    • A Promise for the Poor – the Salt of the Earth
    • Get on the Right Side of Things this Good Friday
    • In Remembrance of the Great Victory
    • Escaping the Web of Involute Prevarications
    • Assessing Politicians and Pastors
    • Following Faith or World Leaders
    • The Culmination of Human Tenure at the Door
    • Negotiating the Winding Path of Prophecy
    • The Great Spiritual Inheritance
    • Beyond the Intensity of the Great Conflict
    • The Real War – Between Wealth and Faith
    • Reasons to Avoid Envy of the Rich
    • Promises, Prayers, and Patience of the Saints
    • The Harvest of Our Spiritual Agriculture
    • How Freedom and Understanding are Conferred to the Believer
    • The Great Battle of and for the Church Ain’t Over
    • A Raft of Truth in a Sea of Deception
    • Recovering Control in a Skid
    • The Hope of Light Beckons as Darkness Approaches
    • We Get the Life We Choose
    • Coping With Life in a World Gone Mad
    • Are There Benefits to Being Turned Down?
    • Certainty of Death, Taxes and the Hereafter
    • One Fine Day in Eternity
    • Wanting to Believe Makes the Difference
    • A Hopeful Climate of Peace to Come
    • Guard Against the Enemy’s Flanking Maneuver
    • The Final Day When Paupers Become Kings
    • Gold That Glitters Only in the Heart
    • Intricacies of Living the Right Life
    • Benevolent Shelter from an Insidious Maelstrom
    • When There’s a Flood on the Road
    • Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time
    • Wide or Strait Gate to the Great Beyond?
    • Of Following the Light to Victory
    • When Really Bad Things Get Worse
    • Comfort in the Dark Storm
    • Hope Remains – Steadfast and Undiminished
    • A Carpenter’s Son vs Wine Insecurity
    • NowBeckons the Voice of the Shepherd
    • Blasphemy of the Synagogue – Hypocrites Exposed
    • Through the Storm of Life We Shall Endure
    • Epic Battles for Eternity
    • Where the Poor Go to Weep
  • Woodland Prose
    • Song of Autumn in the Ozarks
    • IN Anticipation of Wondrous New Autumn Colors
    • Disheartened Soldier from Another Time
    • Anticipating the Ozark Autumn World
    • Rotting Forest of a Decaying Empire
    • Sometimes Nature is Better Left Alone
    • A New Feast of Autumn
    • Where the Poor Go to Weep
    • Silent Anchorage – a Lonely Shipwreck
    • After the Battle; A Walk Beside Still Waters
    • Ode to an Ozark Autumn
    • Eulogy for the Fallen Soldier
  • Poetry
    • Imitating Art
    • The Lonely Tears of Palestine
    • Song of an Eagle
    • Forgotten House
    • Life’s Voyage
  • Seasonal Favorites
    • When the Lady of the North Comes Down to Dance
    • Wintertime Walk on the Farm
    • May Peace and Joy to the World Be Upon Us
    • A Peaceful and Wholesome Distraction
    • Christmas Tree in the Ozark Woods
    • Ozark Country Getting Close to Springtime
  • World Events
    • Technology – Beauty or the Beast?
    • From the Rooftop – What Must be Said
    • Neither a Limit to Evil nor Gullibility
    • Why Don’t We Think About the Oceans?
    • Do People Get Addicted to Killing?
    • A Witches Brew of Deadly Pollution
    • A Bullet that Wasn’t
    • I Learned Something Amazing From a Construction Hand
    • Pray for the Wisdom of the Fathers
    • The Unquenchable Thirst for Information
    • Primer on the Evolution of Economics
    • Destructive Technology in Incompetent Hands
    • From Arizona to Gaza – There’s Much to be Done
    • Shadows That Lurk Beyond Illumination of the Information Age
    • Bigotry – a Uniquely American Trip to the Bottom
    • They’re Trying to Make You Look the Other Way
    • Salt on the Wound Burns, but it Aids in Healing
    • Meditating on the World in a Springtime Wood
    • The Vicious Resolve of a Bear Provoked
    • Memorial Day Tribute to the Martyrs of the US Republic
    • The Age Old Illusion of Security in Today’s World
    • A Greatness that Never Was Except in the Imagination
    • Watching the Stars Fall and Destroy the Earth
    • Over the River and Into the Woods of Despair
    • Madness of Misdirection, MAGA, and Money
    • Tornadoes and Wildfires vs Debt to Rich People
    • Hatred of Genocide Ain’t a New Thing
    • A Dark Chasm Lies Between Intelligence and Wisdom
    • Standard Double Standards in the Modern World
    • Security Breach – Another Serpentine Intrigue?
    • When Madness Pretends to be Conflict Strategy
    • Election or “Selection” – There is a Monumental Difference
    • The Best We Could Do – Nuclear Armageddon
    • Ruination of the Latest Empire
    • A New Video – More 9/11 Deception
    • A Race for the Truth
    • Nuclear War – Hiroshima Taught Us Nothing
    • Every Day a New Deception
    • Trump – Is That Something Orange in the Zionist Crosshairs?
    • The Insanity of Warriors and False Prophets
    • Dare You Doubt the Real Boy?
    • Musing on War and Its Victims – Deceased and Living
    • The Debate Over the Non-Debate
    • The Tangled Web of False Narratives
    • When Really Bad Things Get Worse
    • A Circle Where Worlds Collide
    • The Cost and Reward of an Education
    • A Time to Collect Our Thoughts
    • Why the World Should Recognize Great Men
    • And There Were Lights in the Sky
    • A Horrible New Day
    • Sincerest Condolences to the Innocent
    • Wisdom of the Children
    • An Oath and the Flight of a Beautiful Bird
    • Now is the Time
    • A Fire that Won’t Be Forgotten
    • A Cold and Lonely Future
    • Beware the Great Brood of Vipers
    • Ambassador of the Evil Realm
    • Turning Seventy – Looking to the End
    • The Last War
    • A Time of Unimaginable Sorrow is Upon Us
    • A Time of Unimaginable Sorrow (Part II)
    • Ghost of Empire to Haunt the World
    • The Folly of Misjudging the Bear
    • Despair on the Steppes of Death
  • Weird Stories
    • The Duff Mill Chronicle (part I)
    • The Duff Mill Chronicle (part 2)

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