Cowboys and rustlers and the lesson on manhood from Old Westerns.
About Edd Jennings
Memories of the Game
P.E. classes trigger a lot of memories - some good, some bad. Edd Jennings shares his 8th-grade experience here.
P.E. classes trigger a lot of memories – some good, some bad. Edd Jennings shares his 8th-grade experience here.
The Dunkirk Movie, and the History Behind it
The movie could be described as anti-war. Who, though, were the filmmakers trying to convince not to fight?
The movie could be described as anti-war. Who, though, were the filmmakers trying to convince not to fight?
Tragedy and the Tragic Flaw
A man, if he has the chance to become more than his destiny seems to give him, does so through the inspiration of example.
A man, if he has the chance to become more than his destiny seems to give him, does so through the inspiration of example.
Under the Bearing Sun
I had neither the ledger nor the bottle.
Embed from Getty Images The land cries. I’ve seen it in too many summers of my life, when the sun cracked earth mirrors the hidden cracks in my soul. The land hardens, and my heart hardens with it. Animals shun the light and lay up. Deer, when I find them, pant in the heat. Life hides. I hide. Only…
The 1947 John Deere A
That old John Deere A will always be the embodiment of grandfather.
That old John Deere A will always be the embodiment of our grandfather.
The Limepile: Trial by Combat
They were too disturbed with what I had done for any one of them to want to be the first.
They were too disturbed with what I had done for any one of them to want to be the first.
Standards of a Modern Hero
When ordinary decency is used to define heroism...
When ordinary decency is used to define heroism…
A World Without Guns
One man's look at the nuanced idea of a better world without guns.
One man’s look at the nuanced idea of a better world without guns.
Marco Polo Echoing on the Rapids
Riding each wave, I hear Polo's voice emphasizing the importance of staying on the known path.
Riding each wave, I hear Polo’s voice emphasizing the importance of staying on the known path.
It All Slips Away
Some things are to keep. It’s as if the years don’t matter.
Some things are to keep. It’s as if the years don’t matter.
Moment from Memory
If I have a choice, I pick a direction of travel based on the drift of the wind. I prefer to receive signature rather than offer it, although I may not always be conscious of my choice.
If I have a choice, I pick a direction of travel based on the drift of the wind. I prefer to receive signature rather than offer it, although I may not always be conscious of my choice.
Dancing on the Gunwales
The canoe is part of me. I can literally dance on the wide, church pew, ash gunwales of my old Mad River canoe.
The canoe is part of me. I can literally dance on the wide, church pew, ash gunwales of my old Mad River canoe.
A Concealed and Carried Conversation
To stand down or stand your ground for Second Amendment rights?
To stand down or stand your ground for Second Amendment rights?
Drifting and Looking
As I moved forward, he dropped back to the low hill a half-mile out. I fear him almost as much as what I have become.
As I moved forward, he dropped back to the low hill a half-mile out. I fear him almost as much as what I have become.
We Lost Bubba
Sometime in the late Twentieth Century our ideas of democracy shifted.
Sometime in the late Twentieth Century our ideas of democracy shifted.