Last week at FBC-Bryan, we discussed the fhe following is a quote from Dr. Alexander Tyler generalizing his findings about the fall of the Athenian Republic. Dr. Tyler was a Scottish professor writing around the time of the American Revolution.
A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will…
Google released an application to embed slideshow in webpages a few weeks ago, and I thought I’d give it a try with some pictures from Alaska. It has been back dated to go with the Alaska stuff
Waqaa!
That’s Yu’pik for ‘hello’. Yu’pik is one of the 20 Native Alaskan languages (it’s impolite to use Eskimo). It’s pronounced Wah-ka. Say it 3 times and you sound like a Muppet Baby (Wah-ka,Wah-ka, Wah-ka… ohh, how the standard of humor has sunk!). I suppose I should have learned to say good-bye because this is the last week in the…
Pilgrims
I hope this letter find you well. As for me, I just returned from Anchorage on very turbulent 20 minute flight over the Cook Inlet. Why in Anchorage? Why not drive 3 hours along the most beautiful roadside mountains in our country? Do I do anything other than play? For answers to all this and more keep reading
The…