Desert Reflections

Finally, we have dependable internet and wifi so I can start posting again. We were in Boise in early June, took a 3-day break from travelin...

 On Thursday, the Arizona coordinator for the Quilts of Valor Foundation, presented me with a Quilt of Valor.  A Vietnam vet herself, Jennif...

The projects.  When city folks hear that, they think of infamous low-income housing complexes, often hotbeds of crime, illegal drugs and gan...

Once upon a time, in a far away land (Africa) there was a king who lived in a grass house.  It was a marvelous grass house, two stories high...

  Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.   Winston Churchill    It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of t...

 Do you have any idea how many countries have a U S military presence?  You will be amazed.   Before you make a wild ass guess, here's s...

 Planet earth now has a population of 7.8 billion.  Scientists predict that it will reach 9 billion in 2050, and they say 9-10 billion is th...