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Jack... He was black. He was short, stocky, surly, and had a relationship problem with people. His name was Jack. He was my friend. I needed an assistant. Times were lean in our state and the department wasn't much on new hires. That's how Jack and I came... ( added 115 days 18 hours ago.)

A Confirmation of Liberty The morning mist began to thin. They stood there, atop the hill, no uniformity of dress, in a ragged line, facing toward Boston miles away. They stood there, bold in the fear of the unknown, resolute in the awareness that all men are created equal... ( added 145 days 3 hours ago.)

The Boy and the Bear It was in December. The day was warm for the last month of the year, one of those near perfect days with hordes of white cumulus clouds hung in a field of blue that covered the golden earth like a mantle.  It was the kind of day where... ( added 1 year 95 days ago.)

Last Hunt It was fall. The old man had made 81 years. Seventy years he had hunted the wily deer of the Carolina lowlands. Seventy seasons since his father had given him the 12 gauge L.C. Smith double barrel shotgun that rested across his lap.... ( added 1 year 136 days ago.)

Embedded with General G.A. Custer's Command, Big Horn Punitive Expedition DATELINE JUNE 19, 1876—DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA Eleven years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America; in an unusual spirit of cooperation between the two... ( added 1 year 150 days ago.)

Hunter’s Nose Hunting deer by stalking methodically through a forest or sitting in a tree stand over a well-traveled deer run requires constant scanning of the terrain, alert senses, camouflaged appearance, and disguised scents. One attains the first two by... ( added 1 year 153 days ago.)

Cruise of the CS Stonewall / Part II For eight days following the engagement with the Union fleet, Stonewall lay anchored in Charleston Harbor. The slight damage done to her deck by the shell from the U.S.S. Weehauken was repaired and her magazines were stocked with fresh... ( added 1 year 160 days ago.)

Cruise of the CS Stonewall / Part I As warships go, she was small, only one hundred and seventy-one feet long and of shallow draft. But her armament exuded force with a rotating turret mounting two 70 pound Armstrong rifles aft and a 300 pound Armstrong gun amidships. Her... ( added 1 year 163 days ago.)

The Browning Nomad He was a tough man, full of vim and vigor, and capable of dragging a downed deer 200 yards through the toughest swamp. He had turned sixty-four this past spring and his hair was gray but the arms were still knotted in muscle and he... ( added 1 year 171 days ago.)

El Bruin The morning began calmly. I sipped my coffee and pondered the heavy beach traffic flowing orderly along Highway 501. Nothing much in the way of business appointments today…just a lazy warm Saturday… open the store, visit with the... ( added 1 year 176 days ago.)

The Remnants Of The Team Stood There In The Ever The remnants of the team stood there in the ever-dripping rain. The continual rain that rained incessantly this time of the year from the over-canopy that covered the jungle floor… seemingly a never-ceasing wet that never stopped... ( added 1 year 179 days ago.)

Ancestors & Woodpiles Ancestors. All of us have them or should.   Some are phenomenal in strength of character, some are disreputable, and all are interesting. Here in the South we honor our forebears through oral family histories, the written word... ( added 1 year 256 days ago.)

A Day In The Life Of A Cowboy The sky was graying in the East. Across the flat of the prairie one could see the land meeting the sky.    Large clumps of sagebrush clung to the drift fence on the horizon, their silhouettes looking like huge periods dotting the morning sky. The... ( added 1 year 266 days ago.)

Too Busy Praising God The eighty-four years had passed swiftly. He had learned the habits of the Appalachian wildlife by trodding the game trails of his mountain since boyhood. He knew the secret hiding places of the trout that lurked in the dark pools of... ( added 1 year 275 days ago.)

Suffocation or Salvation? The tablet was manually administered to the pregnant woman’s cervix. The woman’s body began immediately to absorb the deadly chemicals contained in the tablet. Her cervix began to dilate.   Her uterus started contracting.   This led to... ( added 1 year 277 days ago.)