The Ebullient Escritoire
Big Ten
Aunt Ruth, America’s favorite grammarian, has officially come out of her period of silence. “I am not going to pursue joining the Big Ten football conference. I repeat,” she stated over the already stressed sound system, “the Big Ten will remain (Aunt) Ruthless for the 2024 season. I do realize,” she continued, “that the Big… Continue reading Big Ten
COMING SOON!
SAVING ARAPAHOEby Joel Schnoor This story occurred in western Nebraska in 1878. That was an adventurous time to be living. Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and other Indian tribes sometimes encountered white pioneer settlers. Those encounters didn’t always end on a positive note, but sometimes they did, and friendships could grow. Saving Arapahoe is an action-filled… Continue reading COMING SOON!
Walking at Midnight
So, as it were, I found myself wandering the streets of this magnificent northwest city. Why? I was tired but no sleep would come to me. I had been writing a book and I came to a place where the two main threads collided with each other … and exploded to bits. You know, when… Continue reading Walking at Midnight
Saving Arapahoe
Gennesaret Press announced Monday theupcoming release of Saving Arapahoe,the third book in the Johnny StevensPioneer Adventures series.The setting is western Nebraska in 1878.This 1st-person story is based on lettersand stories from the author’s great-grand-father when he was a 12-year-old boy.The Indians and pioneers didn’t always see eye-to-eye, and that led to some harrowing experiences! Even so, great friendships… Continue reading Saving Arapahoe
Psalm 86:11-13
A prayer of David. Teach me your ways, O LORD,that I may live according to your truth!Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.With all my heart I will praise you, O LORD my God.I will give glory to your name forever,For your love for me is very great. You have rescued… Continue reading Psalm 86:11-13
A – Z (#1)
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Living Forever?
A desparation is in the air—I guess it’s always been there to some extent—that I don’t rememberseeing as a child. Maybe that’s just because children don’t think about stuff like that. Thereis the ever-increasing hum of a social consciousness that drives us in despair for the need to repair ourbodies, and thus our lives, so… Continue reading Living Forever?
Play Hard, Play Fair
Not the Victory, but the Action. Not the Goal, but the Game. In the Deed the Glory. – Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
What’s Happenin’ Man?
I’ve discovered over the past (nearly) twenty-four years of Parkinson’s Disease that I really don’t know what to expect next. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have learned in the past couple of years that old PD people get the same ailments that every other old person gets. (As an aside, on getting old and… Continue reading What’s Happenin’ Man?