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“The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.” ― Lewis Carroll

“All my life I have written letters - to our mother, our relatives, a wide circle of friends and acquaintance, to my husband, to you. Correspondence has always been as necessary to my happiness as a well-cooked dinner, and I've found it more sustaining for its generosity: an act of charity that returned to me a hundredfold...” ― Delia Sherman, The Porcelain Dove

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We invite everyone who wants to feel empowered in their own personal journeys to read the inspiring stories of those who may have walked in your shoes.

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Featured Iron Butterfly: Mark.

Recently I began the laborious and sentimental task of dismantling my parent’s homestead; also my childhood home. As I worked my way through old dusty boxes found tucked away in closets and under beds, I made numerous unique discoveries about my family’s journey to the 21st Century….

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“This time, Fusako was able to express herself with fluency and candor. The bold letters she had been writing week after week had granted her an unexpected new freedom.” ― Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Click below to listen to this beautiful song called Letter from Heaven

“The act of writing itself is like an act of love. There is contact. There is exchange too. We no longer know whether the words come out of the ink onto the page, or whether they emerge from the page itself where they were sleeping, the ink merely giving them colour.” ― Georges Rodenbach, The Bells of Bruges

Treasures and Tidbits - It's a Gusher

It’s a Gusher!

By Verlie Edwards

Have you ever experienced something that stuck in your mind forever? I bet the answer is a big YES! I know that’s how it is for me.

I don’t remember how old I was, maybe between 6- and 8-years-old when I witnessed something few have probably ever seen.

Oil wells were a common sight in west Texas and I grew up around them because my uncle was involved in the oil business. There were dry holes and producing wells all around Abilene, Texas, my hometown.

One warm summer day the phone rang and it was my aunt telling mother to gather me and my brother and be ready to leave in five minutes. My uncle had called that a well they were drilling was about to blow!

We moved faster than I had ever seen. We jumped into the car, drove outside town and rushed to the drill site.

Picture a flat pasture, winds blowing and a wooden oil derrick standing tall among the scrub bushes. Then, all of a sudden the well blows and the proverbial “black gold” shoots high into the sky and sprays over the derrick. It was a sight to see and not be forgotten. It’s a day I’ll never forget!

Treasures and Tidbits - It's a Gusher

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