The Devil’s in the Details
At least that’s what they say
I don’t mind
I’m the kind
Who never cared for details anyway

The Greybeard Chronicles
You can’t ease into a street fight.Former St. Louis Rams DL D’Marco Murray

Sound advice from Zaxby’s wall…
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
~Samuel Butler
(A good thing for the “that’s-so-30-seconds ago” generation to learn. Everything you know today is the cumulation of knowledge built over the long haul.)

Don’t seek the living among the dead!

Wisdom from the wall at Wintzell’s
22 May 2012
It is the habit—and the prerogative— of those of us with silver in our hair to reminisce, to rubberneck, to relish (and embellish) past heroics. … Continue reading →
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8 Feb 2012
What will you do when standing up means standing out? It is easy to talk tough until it is tough to talk. Everybody is ready … Continue reading →
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27 Jan 2012
I was speaking with a Christian friend yesterday. She said, “I think I am such a disappointment to God.” To this, I replied, “No, you … Continue reading →
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26 Dec 2011
Seven months and counting. That is how long I have been away from home now, working in Mobile, Alabama, doing my thing— or, what passes … Continue reading →
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24 Nov 2011
Dateline: Mobile, Alabama, Thanksgiving Day, 2011 And so it was in my fiftieth year, I spent my very first Thanksgiving Day alone. Some of my … Continue reading →
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