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Did I tell you about our trip to the mountains? Oh, yeah, I recollect I was tellin’ you we were at th’ Royal Gorge. Well, sir, that same afternoon we drive on up to Cotopaxi, find a spot by the river ‘n pitch our tent. Got the tackle out and flung our lines in th’ river. We catch three nice rainbows, oh, ten, eleven inches. ‘Course I caught one an ‘em, ‘n Grace, she caught two. Always have to best me, thet woman. Waal, they was mighty fine eatin’, cook as they were in the arn skillet we bring along. Your Aunt Grace, she make some frybread to go along with, an’ a han’ful a coffee in th’ ol’ tin pot asittin’ on the farr. Moughty fine. Mought near as good a meal I ever eat.

“King Kong” debuted in New York City ninety years ago this Spring. As I was reading about this famous film and its production, I got sidetracked by interest in the creator and producer of the movie, Merian C. Cooper, 1893 - 1973. I found that Mr. Cooper, who previously had never crossed my radar (unless his name flashed before my eyes in movie credits) lived a very interesting life.

The mind wanders over the plains of nostalgia and climbs the mountains of memory this morning. I am wondering what happened to some of the contemporaries of my childhood.

Willie Nelson has been strutting across the stages of the world for 70-odd years, now. His name is recognizable without a hitch and his music has aged with all the grace and wonders the man himself possesses.

Joash the Abiezrite had a son whom he named Gideon, “Destroyer,” or He Who Bruises and Breaks. I think of him as The Hammer. The Midianites were a scourge to the people, destroying their crops and their means of livelihood. The Lord revealed to Gideon that the people had strayed from His ways and their worship of Baal was the reason for their suffering. Gideon tore down his father’s altar to Baal, cut down the grove, built an altar to Yahweh and sacrificed thereon.

Today, pigeons are seen as dirty, undesirable birds to have around. They take over city streets and get too close for comfort, for most of the population’s liking. These birds are confidently invading the space of humans because a very very long time ago, we bred them that way.

“Let’s go. Day’s wasting away.” It was Dad rousting me from bed. I rolled to the edge, placed my feet on the floor, opened one eye and looked at the clock on my bureau. 4:32. Unbelievable. Then consciousness flooded in. It was Monday morning and we were going hunting!

It’s baseball season, so what better way to celebrate than by telling the story of one of the sport’s most notable players. George Edward Waddell was born on Friday, Oct.

Gangly, skinny, his forehead presenting with acne, the Boy at six feet, three inches towered over the Dean. Yet inside he felt about the size of the spies of the children of Israel alongside the descendants of the Anakim.

INDIANAPOLIS – Who could ask for anything more? The iconic Gene Kelly movie musical, 'An American in Paris,' has turned into a spectacle on the stage and is now being performed at Beef and Boards Dinner Theater!' 'An American In Paris' follows three men who find themselves and learn to embrace their passions after making it through WWII. Jerry Mulligan fancies himself a painter and settled in Paris instead of going home to the States. Adam Hochberg is a composer and a fellow American looking for work in the City of Light. Henri Baurel completes the trio as their full-blooded French friend. Besides the newly ended war, one element ties this trio together, and her name is Lise, a young Parisian dancer with her own secret.