Some say the world will end with fire.

Others say with ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those that favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost



"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID" - Ron White



"Good things come to those who wait, but, only the things LEFT by those who hustle." - Unknown (at least by me)



"Life is wonderful, without it you are dead." - Hy "Pete" Peterson - Park City and Kenecott Miner



"Don't worry about those people in your past---there is a reason they are not in your present." - Unknown



"Life's tough - it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne



"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!" - Vince Lombardi



"If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re probably taking up too much space.” ~ Attributed to Jim Whittaker by Doug ‘Swani’ Swantner, Alaska Smokejumper and Air Attack Base Manager (Ret.)

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I am married and have seven children and twenty grandchildren. I retired January 1, 2010 after working 39+ years for the Forest Service...NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAS BEGUN!

Friday, March 30, 2012

STRIDE FOR STRIDE

We were at a discount store yesterday and I saw a book about a race horse written by a Thomas Marshall. When I was in High School I was on the wrestling team with Thomas Marshall. We also rode race horses together for a few years. He was way better than me and had the opportunity to ride in the big time. He decided to do what his Dad told him and became a doctor instead. I wondered if it was the same guy. I bought the book and it isn't written by him. It is a good story about twins, a colt and a filly. I have enjoyed reading it so far.

It has been quite a while since I read a book just for the heck of it and I have kind of enjoyed that too. Maybe I'll get started on the part of the bucket list that was to read a million pages---right now I am 1/4 through with that.

1 comment:

~Kris said...

I can smell the stink of those wrestling mats just looking at that picture. :)