What you hear in nature is not always what you may think it is. Nature is full of marvel and intrigue, and…copycats. Birds especially can be accomplished mimics not only copying other bird calls, but human made sounds as well. Most of us have heard a Northern Mockingbird sing the songs of other birds, and […]

Please allow me to begin by saying I am a Christian! I believe Jesus in the Only Way to Heaven! I believe that Christian values are the foundation of these United States, and we are losing them daily to opposing forces. If you disagree with my premise, then you will probably not be blessed by […]

Enduring the Heat and Storms Greetings from the island everyone! I sure hope that all of you are doing dandy, and are surviving this brutal and typical south Texas summer that we are having. Even though I don’t really need any more rain right now, especially 4-5” at a time, I am thankful for the […]

Heat. Not just heat, but something akin to fire that is airborne and transparent, a heat that you can almost feel on your skin, the kind of heat that can drain you of the will to do any sort of outdoor activity, lest you either start to sweat buckets or begin to melt into the […]

Opportunities and Obstacles seem to be at opposite ends of the normal life, but I have learned that they most often come together as a pair! We rarely see any connection between the two, but when one presents itself, the other follows closely behind. Wrongly we assume that when we have an opportunity, there should […]