My life, writings and relatively organized thoughts...

“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” —Strother Martin, Cool Hand Luke How many of you live in a world of miscommunication? If I only get a couple of people to admit it, I will realize that my audience is not completely truthful. Am I accusatory? Well, that's the way the world is now. And it pretty much has been since the beginning. I believe this is one reason reading and writing are so essential to the culture of our great country, which could be much better! Unfortunately, writing has become a lost art in our schools, as has been reading. Of course, this is also the case with adults. So where and why have we failed? I believe it is because the adults don't see the value and therefore they pass that on to their kids. Also, the schools have become so restrictive on the teachers to "teach to the test" that they just don't have time to go over books to read and stories to write. I spent one year teaching and was extremely disappointed ...

  The power of words are never more predominant than when placed together in the right order, proper location and ideal time.   In such form the words blended create images, colors, sounds, smells and the feeling of being in the presence of another place and another time. The land’s nuances stand out and the sensation of a well desired gentle breeze blowing in your face, the heat of a sun scorching your skin, the cold of lethally sharp winter winds piercing the heaviest of coats accompanied by scarves and gloves and hats, and the internal soulful experiences and sensations are so real they cannot be distinguished from the actual location and conditions in which they are read.   It is at this time you realize your imagination and reality can be mixed to the point where they become one. Immerse yourself in such writings so you are no longer confined, but free to be wherever and whoever the author intends. But you are not at the mercy and desires by the mere words o...

 I told you this would be a metamorphosis of my new adventure in blogging. Many of you clicked the "Subscribe" button, but I cannot find anyone who did this. When you read this message, please let me know if you got an email and let me check mine. Please let me know by email or any other way.  Thank you for your patience!  – Doug

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 Writing is a gift.  It is my desire that you will all be blessed by the gift I have been given. It will not be for my sake, but to uplift, encourage, and be an inspiration to everyone who reads everything I write.   "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."  — Steve Prefontaine  I will NOT sacrifice this gift.