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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
- Moving toward Our Next Destination – Driving a Comfortable Distance – Following Our Plan – Reaching Parks We Booked Months Earlier – Three Days to Rest – Three Days that Fly By –
- Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
- Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Tag Archives: Poetry
Path – A Track Specially Constructed for a Particular Use – The Path in This Photo – loosely speaking – Is That Kind of Path – Such Paths Are Frequently Seen n AZ Landscaping – When I Think of Path – I Think of a Chosen Way of Life – I Think of Robert Frost’s Poem – The Road Not Taken –
Definition found at Miriam Webster .com. Path: 1 : a trodden way 2 : a track specially constructed for a particular use 3 a : course, route b : a way of life, conduct, or thought … I appreciate this … Continue reading
So Blinding Were the Sun Rays that I Could Not See the Image through the Lens – I Touched the Button – How Amazing – Transformation into Sunlight and Sky –
Radiant streams of sunlight spilled copiously from the sky – So that scarcely could I see an image through the camera lens – Yet I performed the silent snap of iPhone Photo – securing the scene So brilliant – so … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Poetry
Tagged Blinding Light, Carol Ann Hoel, Dreams, Extreme Love, Intense Love, iPhone, iPhone camera, Jesus, Lens, Lord, Poetry, Reigns Supreme, Serene, Sun Rays, Transformed
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Hush
Peace A quiet spirit A trusting heart Jesus gives His own Amid Storms that rage Winds that blow Thunder crashing Waves that roar Peace Be still My heart obeys Your voice You speak a Word Storms that rage Winds that … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Calm, Crashing Waves, Faith, Hush, Peace, Poetry, Quiet Spirit, Silence, Storms, Thunder, Water
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Do Over
If I could do over All that ever I did wrong Over the course of my lifetime Where would I begin I remember countless blunders And recall events gone wrong The result of my misconduct But Upon reflection I must … Continue reading
Who Am I
Who Am I I am the center Of the universe Of my life I own it I want it I keep it I share it Only With the few The precious few Who serve my purpose What is my purpose … Continue reading
When God Is Silent
When God is Silent When one feels Nothing How shall one know What to do Where to go What song to sing What gift to bring Faith is more than feeling Faith will persevere When silence is all There is … Continue reading
Walking Sailing
Walking walking walking Along life’s pathway Sailing sailing Treading water Holding on Where am I going Somewhere Somewhere I want to be Somewhere beautiful Where I come and go freely I love this place I am welcome here Safe and … Continue reading
Finding the Plan
More than anything I want to find The perfect will of God I pray and wait I meditate It’s getting late The time is near To make my move Yet I hesitate Decide to wait Suddenly Disaster strikes What’s going … Continue reading
Provider
We all have needs we cannot fill We try so hard to find a way When all the while There’s only One Provider Any time Anywhere For anyone Yet So often we avoid this One Fearing there’s a price to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Faith, Fields of Wheat, Harvest, Needs, Poetry, Provide, Provider
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Healing in His Wings
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. I Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be … Continue reading
God’s Plan
One plan For His purpose (God knew all along My plan would fail) God has His plan That will not fail I will watch And Wait and Marvel as He works His plan for His purpose For He promises This … Continue reading
Sheepfold
Who can tell what a day may bring Or what one day may take away Who can tell how a day May change the course of history But there’s One who knows He can change a life In a moment … Continue reading
The Bad Stuff
The bad stuff that happens Makes my heart throb Makes my knees knob In fact it makes me Want to sob Yet I have my Savior’s promise That He will make the bad stuff Work together for good For me … Continue reading
Season Change
The air wafts cooler crisper Rattling leaves will soon Give up their grip as Rushing autumn breezes Hurry here to greet us Eagerly we wait for Season change . . . . . . . Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 To every … Continue reading
Always Awake
When my eyelids Sink in weariness Simply won’t stay open When my mind is tired And heart beat’s slow I long to see your face Jesus Hold me Keep me safe While I in slumber rest You are strong and … Continue reading
We Could Have it All
We could have it all If we’d let it go What we keep We lose What we give away We keep The one that holds Too tightly To his rights Forgets God rules Who withholds More than is right Poverty … Continue reading
Praise to God
Though my sins be as scarlet They shall be whiter than snow Though some would count me guilty I’ll live with you I know Praise my Jesus Praise my God Though you slay me Yet I’ll trust you Job said … Continue reading
God Is Good
God is Good A baked potato Fillet of fish Warm apartment A courtyard View Every blessing Proves it true God is good To me and you In times of plenty And times of less In the storm Or skies of … Continue reading
Shady’s Wish
Domestic life constrains my soul That yearns to roam untamed you know I try so hard to play my part To make her glad to warm her heart If only once the shades would lift So I could take one … Continue reading
Changes
Changes When life changes without warning My inner compass goes berserk My comfort zone disappears I drive about but cannot steer Why it happened isn’t clear Questions appear Unanswered I feel threatened Filled with fear I call His Name Jesus … Continue reading
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