Did you ever go whitetail deer hunting? No. You need to. In Wisconsin the nine day gun deer season is quite the tradition. Guys get down right goofy! I’ve been hunting since I was 10 years old and have not shot anything with horns yet!…
Continue Forward Success defined is 'one thing comes after another'
Hello Faithful Readers, This post is an update and notice. I have started the work required to create my first book with a publish date of Monday July 17th 2017. I have reached a goal set by my publisher with my daily posts and… have…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 12 "If You Ain't First Your Last"
Yep, there’s the house. Smell it? Supper’s cooking. Wait till you step onto the porch. Coach’s wife was making turkey sandwiches. Nah, I had another meeting to get to. Do you remember the bible verse I said to remember? Our memories are a funny thing.…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 11 We're not in Liberal, Kansas anymore boy's...
Or Baldwin WI, or Atlanta GA, or Beallsville Ohio, Morenci Arizona, Midvale Utah, Muskegon Michigan, Sepulveda California or even Morgantown West Virginia. Or any of the big and small towns, cities and villages across America who sent their boys to a place “WAY… over there,…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 10 The Actual Coming of Age Part
As we talked we spent only a little time on his high school day’s. He was a wrestler himself and he was very humble about his skill as a wrestler and admitted he did not think he was a great athlete. We did however talk…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 9 A Snippet from the 1950's
He was born in 1947, yeahhh what else? What else happened in 1947… Al Capone died. What? Who is Al Capone? Seriously, you need to read a book! What else? Let’s see. Well, there was only 48 stars on the American flag, Jackie Robinson broke…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 8 Resume Builder: Farm Kid
Ok reader, let’s get walking. Blueberry Road is kinda long. The bible says the Father is the potter and we are the clay. They musta been talking about farm kids. Or clods! Know what a clod is? No, look it up when we get back.…
When We Were Lions Ch. 7 What Shapes a Man
Featured photo courtesy of Wikipedia. We sat our root-beers down and coach relayed to me a friend of his wanted to get together and he laughed when he told him, “sorry, can’t, a guy is coming over to interview me for a book he’s doing…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 6 Coach Peterson / The Initial Meet
Before the Super Bowl this year I started writing my ‘When We Were Lions’ series and thinking of Mr. Peterson as I was writing. My younger brother was reading the posts and shared them with Mr Peterson’s oldest son, who was also on the Lions…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 5 Todays and Tomorrows Can Be Uncertain
On the day of the 50th Birthday bash we were able to say, “Hi”, but there was no time to chat. The day was a beautiful summer day and all was going as planned. I was a safety monitor on the main corner of the…
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