[From”The Boy On The Road and other stories.” Copyright 2002/2003  ISBN 0-9684789 ] I SURE DO MISS HER “I still say ‘we’ though she’s been gone for a year…” Billy paused in the midst of his monologue with me hardly listening at all, intent as I was on building a pump-house before the cold weather…

Short story from short story book published 2003 THE BOY ON THE ROAD by Doris Ray Dave rolled down his side window and relaxed back behind the wheel of his dust-spattered pickup truck. “This has to be the strangest November weather I’ve ever seen…” he thought with mild amazement. “No frost, not a flake of…

HOOKED ON HISTORY When I passed into “The Age of Maturity” (80) I gradually began giving up on any new ideas to change the world as I knew it. Since 1972 my world had revolved around developing a sense of belonging and love for this beautiful stretch of geography known as the Omineca Lakes District…

LOVE Funny thing about loveIt pops up at the Darndest times. Love helps to remind us There is a God and He communicates In mysterious Ways I watched a videoAbout a young man Who’d left this earthly plane Behind With its splashy instances ofJoy and jubilationInterspersed with hurdlesThat he’d always managed to Overcome Until one…

‘Progressive Revelation’ makes so much sense to me. That within the time frames of human existence, Souls of chosen individuals are blessed with the wisdom of Our Creator, To teach us how to proceed in the development of a global community, Where every living being matters. matters.

A psychiatrist named Dr Phillip Long once spoke at a conference I attended in British Columbia, CanadaDr Long said that if a physician used a prong to touch a specific spot on a person’s brain “anyone could hear voices” I have often wondered if there could possibly be a link between the phenomena of hearing…

An old saying “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” may be a big factor in what’s wrong in the mindset of so many today I’ve heard it said that because of TV and the Internet we are being bombarded with too much information I don’t believe that to be true. Instead, it seems people…

( or Pass the peas, no carrots please) If you get bursitisAnd it isn’t arthritisOr any other “itis” soundingPain The difference is the timeThat you must be lying downAnd the stuff that you’ll need for thePain There’s Tylenal, VoltarenAnd T3s if you are daringCabbage compresses fail to fix thePain The best medicene of allWhen the…

On Unconditional Love 1How can I learnto love the worldmore deeplybefore I leave it. 2There came a momentwhen I realizedthat every personI encounteredalong the waywas my teacher,and every experiencebecamemy lesson. 3Unconditional Loveis total acceptance,a quiet, powerful presence,an ever living energyarising from a heartthat refuses to close,no matter what. Unconditional Lovereleases anger,fear,and resentment,allowing othersto find their…

I’m thinking of these terms “racism” “homophobia” and worst of all “child sexual abuse” They are all part of the victimism of the vulnerable by the predators in our society.There was once an attitude that girls invite rapists when they wear sparse clothing. I think their clothing does inspire men, but not to rape.Rapists admit…