Now you just stop right there Deputy Dawg…

The older I get, the more I appreciate the adage, "Choose your battles wisely."  You cannot engage in every potential battle that crosses your path and when you do engage you should make darn sure that your engagement will amount to something.  Time and energy are not for wasting. It was the choice of battles [...]

Hearing is believing…

You may recall the story of Byron David Smith, the 64 year old man from Little Falls, Minnesota who shot and killed the two teen intruders who broke into his home on Thanksgiving Day.  Smith's statement to the police was quite chilling.  The general thought by prosecutors was that the incident went far beyond self-defense. [...]

Break-ins are no longer an issue Mr. Smith.

I am sure many of the local folks have heard about the man from Little Falls, Minnesota( Byron David Smith) who shot two intruders who entered his house on Thanksgiving Day.  The two intruders have since been identified as two teenage cousins - 18-year-old Haile Kifer and 17-year-old Nicholas Brady. They were, according to inital reports, good kids. Well, [...]

Positive vibes indeed.

Whenever I travel, I try and regularly check the daily news in The Forum online (InForum). Glancing over the InForum site daily is the way that I stay grounded in the sensibilities of home. Today I read a heartwarming story of a girl's commitment to her blind horse.  The horse is a 23-year-old show horse registered as [...]