"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day"

Henry David Thoreau, Garner State Park, Concan, Texas, Frio River, Texas Hill Country, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference, a veteran doesn’t have this problem.”

Veterans Day 2012, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, Sampson Air Force Base Museum, Sampson Vets Association, Sampson State Park, New York State

“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”

Nancy Sleeth - "Almost Amish", Swartzentruber Amish, Subgroup of Old Order Amish