Kirjahaku

A good writer can only hope to teach more than he/she learns. A good biography recognizes life is full of many mistakes and many rewards. By recording all and passing the gravy forward, one hopes to help others avoid life's many quirks, traps and pitfalls. May I freely state, that is the purpose of this missal.

Here is a lexicon of common vernacular idioms. Many such collections have preceded this, but none so extensive. Inside, the reader will find jewels of quips, anecdotes and quotable quotes that have been around for years, many that current generations have never heard and some that we older generations have forgotten. Look for some brand new ones, born everyday in the news. Sit awhile and relive your past. Enjoy

280 professional color slides coupled with music, sound effects and live narration resulted in a Multi-media production, ALONG THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL which entertained thousands in the Southwest corridor RV Resorts. The script and many photos are reproduced here emphasizing the humor and the lighter side of The Corps of Discovery of the Northwest, better known as The Lewis and Clark Expedition

This sequel to "Treasure In The Park" has continuing action with terrorists, law enforcement conflicts and scientific adventures with an unknown and terrifying creature in Peace Forks State Park lagoon. The same characters renew their effort to entertain the reader. A new Tibetan refugee joins the team with unusual telepathic powers.

Welcome to Peace in the Park, Book Three, the conclusion of the Trilogy. Over the course of 14 years, activity in Peace Forks is anything but routine. Senators in 17 states try to overthrow the U.S. government, but fate and God turn the tables, with help from our heros in Peace Forks State Park.

ARE ANY $50 BILLS STILL IN THE MINERAL COUNTY HILLS? The Coyote knows... Do you? Three teenage friends, all from dysfunctional families, are stuck in a boarding school (La Salle Christian Brothers). Then, opportunity arrives to spend a week of high adventure working and playing in a real GOLD mine near a highly classified military base. Their adventure begins when the wind blows some $50 bills past the mine's outhouse. Circa 1947, someone is stealing atomic secrets for the Soviets. The rest is fiction with a surprise ending... Mystery of the Lmuma Mine was written to promote reading skills in children who would rather play sports than read a book. Kids will read some sound moral Christian ethics, in funny situations o

Political intrigue sets off a string of adventures in 17th-Century Scotland. An evil duke burns young Jonathan's family home and usurps his lands, then falsifies charges against him for murder and arson. Jon's loyalty is closely associated with the Stuart kings of England, whose religious belief is being challenged by Oliver Cromwell during the Second English Civil War. Jon sets out on a quest over land and sea to find a priceless heirloom, held by one of his four uncles, one of whom wants to murder Jon because whoever owns the gem has power to assist the Stuarts regain the throne. In this fast moving novel, numerous enemies stalk Jon and his companions, at one time confining them to a deep dungeon with no chance to survive. Two tender love stories evolve while Jon searches through colorful historical locations, including a sea voyage and conflict with pirates.

Basil Lawrence "Pete" Allaway (1899-1962) served in both world wars, first in the United States Navy as a yeoman chief petty officer aboard the U.S.S. Huron, an impounded German cruise liner that was converted for troop transport, mostly between New York and France. Later, in the Second World War, as a U.S. Army corporal in Assam, India, supporting the construction of the Ledo Road into Burma. The new road was to supply help to the Chinese in order to repel the Japanese invaders. These are his tales of escape from reality and moral responsibility, told with some regard for fact, but mostly with lighthearted humor. It is a work of imagination and fiction, liberally sprinkled with some of Pete's poetry. History buffs and scholars will appreciate the good parallel with the time-lines of the two wars, with Prohibition and the Great Depression. The story covers with precision the places Pete was sent and most of what he accomplished (or failed to accomplish).

A life filled with challenges starts for a well-to-do wildlife photographer when his supposedly deceased father shows up drunk and seeking help. Next, on assignment in Mexico's Yucatan, his Geographica expedition is abandoned in the jungle without supplies or transportation. Surviving resulted in found Mayan gold, but continues to fight greed. Another challenge arises at a retirement reunion, solving a mystery of an abandoned gold mine. A sequel using familiar characters, still fighting greed.

My life s partner and best friend Del and I traveled many years in a motorhome, looking at the grand and glorious Creation that Almighty God has given to us out of His love. We put together eleven different multi-media programs to inspire folks in the resorts of Arizona. This abridged print sample sadly cannot include the synchronized sound effects and music included in the original show. You will have to imagine the birds and waterfalls while you read about THE CASCADES OF OREGON & WASHINGTON

Over the course of fourteen years, life in Peace Forks State Park had been anything but routine. In the first two books of this trilogy, the park witnesses murder, terrorism, gangland strife, lost children, found fortunes and a fantastic mythical monster. Criminal and terrorist activity written into this fiction become too intense and improbable for a small city like Yakima, so action was moved to a larger fictional venue.

It was sometime in the summer of 1987 when the bug bit. "Let's buy a motorhome and go on an adventure," said one spouse. "Are you nuts," replied the other, "I like my roots right here where my friends are."