Some years ago, I photographed Roy Rogers at a meet and greet in New Jersey. A friend of mine recently forwarded an email which reflected on some of the television characters from our childhood years, like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Sky King and Superman and Sgt. Friday, Captain … Continue reading Nostalgia and the Future of Humanity
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted." - Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Recent reading and contemplation have brought up a number of serious reconsiderations of … Continue reading To Everything…There is a Season
"Driftwood," by Winslow Homer (1836-1910) “I can reach a state where I seem to be watching things happen as if I were there. That is, I suppose, that my memory supplies what I had forgotten, so that it seems as if it were happening independently, though I am really making it happen. In certain favorable … Continue reading Blog Post #400 – Moments of Being
MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! How hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is … Continue reading A Writer’s Dilemma
Even though the world seems to be under a cloud of serial struggles and daunting difficulties presently, there is still good cause to be … Continue reading Finding Our Way Forward
“Hope” is the thing with feathers— … Continue reading Hope Springs Eternal
When we finally arrive in October, Our feelings are usually … Continue reading Hello October!
"Trees are poems that the Earth writes upon the sky." --Kahlil Gibran "The best friend on Earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on the Earth." --Frank Lloyd Wright … Continue reading A Tree of Life Story
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=DE7BF189930200B0&id=DE7BF189930200B0%214708&parId=DE7BF189930200B0%21206&o=OneUp Click the link above to view my appreciation video! It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge a new milestone achieved here at John's Consciousness.com - the accumulation of 100,000 page views by more than 50,000 unique visitors. It has taken me almost ten years to get here, and while I understand that it is … Continue reading 100,000 Page Views – An Appreciation
In a recent review of my writings from my time in Europe as a young soldier, I was prompted to reflect upon how the events prior to my departure from America set the stage for my experiences in that time frame, which sparked additional reflection on what has been a lifelong concern--taking the initial steps … Continue reading Preparing for the Unknown
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