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The Camping Trip - Episode 2

Mark We probably would’ve sat in our silent standoff forever, except behind me I could hear a vehicle stopping. Turning my head a bit, I could see the logo of the park on the side of a white truck. Uh oh, did we do something wrong? The park ranger hopped out. Waving a greeting as he said, "Hey, hope you're enjoying your day so far. However, you can't park just off the side of the road like that." He pointed to my car, smiling all the while. “And Sam at the office said neither of you asked for wood. But with y’all in tents, you probably will be needing some. This close to the lake, the mosquitos gonna eat you alive even if you have bug spray. The smoke from a fire will be a huge help.” He chuckled at this. I breathed out a big sigh. My escape hatch had just gone out the window, no making a quick break for it later if things went south. And what was this about being eaten by bugs? The guy was making some weird joke, right? Yeah, I knew about mosquitos in theor...

For fans of the Waltons

This book is a slow and gentle read. When I was part way into the story, I had to double-check because this just didn't feel like a novel to me. This read more like a diary, Cora's private thoughts as she journaled out what she felt were the important moments of her life. While it didn't appear anything dramatic happened, this tale winds around the simple mountain life. Hardships, trials, family, and faith all weave together to mold this woman's heart and mind. Most interesting were the bits of outside events that filtered into this isolated community - the Civil War, WWI, the Spanish Flu, to name a few. This story is reminiscent of several others I've read over the years. Accounts of old-fashioned values that were the backbone of America for so long. These pockets of society which were often shunned because of their 'backward' ways. Yet, there are lessons to be learned - perseverance in the face of tragedy, flexibility in all seasons, redemption from mista...

The Camping Trip - Episode 1

Mark The whole troubles in our marriage were stupid from the beginning. As in the start of 2020. Fine, it was mostly my fault. Because it always was. I’d lost my dream job, like so many other people, rather early into the whole global shutdown. However, unlike so many others, I stepped up to the plate. Found a job in two seconds at the local grocery story. Sure, it was for less than half of what I’d been making before. So what if money was tight? We’d get by. But Amber kept nagging me about this and that. All we did was snipe at each other. It just got to be too much. My brother’s lumpy couch started sounding awfully good. Not sure what made me pull the trigger, yet, there I was one night. Stuffing a few items of clothing into my gym bag and stomping out the door. Leaving my screaming wife behind, as I yelled back, “Divorce court as soon as they reopen!” For months I ignored her, her never-ending phone calls to me, her calling my brot...