We don't just marry to have a witness to our life. We make friends to have a witness to our life. We keep in touch with people we knew once, because they know a portion of our life no else knows and therefore, have been a witness to a particular part of our life.

Lost Dutchman's Goldmine, located in the Superstitions, near Apache Junction, Arizona is so rich in gold that some dreamers have spent decades looking for it. The Dutchman, a nickname often used for Germans, was Dr. Jacob Waltz. He had a map and directions to a goldmine with the richest ore he had ever seen. In one published story, a sample of the ore proved that it was indeed the purest gold ever found. This legend, based on fact and enlarged by many fanciful tales and deadly searches, reminds me of another Dutchman's goldmine, almost entirely lost, almost a myth today. Luther, the son of a...

Thoughts of the farm days always haunted my memory. I remember many chores were assigned to me at an early age. One job, was helping to care for the chickens. Feeding, watering and cleaning out their nesting boxes. The old straw had to be removed often and new straw replaced to keep a tidy clean nest for the hens to lay eggs. All those things were very important to raise healthy chickens. We had to carry food and water to them and gather eggs every day. Another important job was pumping water from a tall long handled iron pump into a large oval galvanized stock tank in the barnyard. Both...