Marbles

Cat's Eye This photo reminded me of playing marbles as a kid. Marbles weren't that big of a deal in my childhood; Scouts, sports, board games and bike-rides were more fun than shooting marbles in the dirt. Marbles were popular when my dad was a kid (1920's). My entire "collection" came from him, and they …

Inspirational Rocks

  I was cleaning out old files when I came across my rock collection, pictures of rocks.  In the collection was a series of boulders spread out along a path in Rocky Mountain National Park, each engraved with an inspirational verse.     I highlighted one of these in an earlier post  (click here), but had …

Purgatory Chasm

While visiting my life-long friend in Massachusetts, he took me to see Purgatory Chasm near Sutton, MA.  It's a half-mile long deep ravine filled with car-sized boulders. While not treacherous, per se, it's not a casual stroll through the park either.  Constantly climbing over, under or around massive boulders, rarely is there a flat surface to walk …