The landscape of my childhood was one of fierce occupation by trees.

I carry the landscape inside me like an ache. The story of who I am cannot be severed from the story of the flatwoods.

In the sense of Lewis, I am a moderately 'good man'".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Life is Too Short and Memories Are Forever!

The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.

Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?

The reason to drive this point home with a vivid and frank comparison is many New Yorkers are still not confronting the reality of how serious our crisis is. It was an exhortation to face reality.

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way.

The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and find the answer of God by honest searching.

The Western sexual revolution sucks. It has not worked well enough for women.

I hate it when my hair is engaged in unauthorized activities.

His herding instinct is so strong that he confuses tractors on a baseball field for sheep. He was hospitalized twice. Once by a line drive and once for attacking a tractor tread.