Desert Coach

  THREE BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE GRANDMA SERIES! ALL ARE TO BE FOUND ON AMAZON KINDLE. THEY ARE TRIBUTE TO MY WIFE AND COMPANION OF OVER 40 YEARS MARYANN. LIKE MARYANN THEY ARE FULL OF FUN AND JOY AND APPRECIATING EVERYONE!

GRANDMA'S HOUSE: the door is always open  Kindle Edition by  CHARLES ERNEST WATSON   (Author)     Format:  Kindle Edition See all formats and editions You would be quite amazed who shows up at Grandma's house. She had over a hundred stuffed animals as friends. It seemed like every day someone new was coming by. Grandma always said, "Leave the door wide open!" What is quite amazing is the stories that all of these strangers had to tell and how in no time at all everybody was friends. So many stories. So many windows on the world. You sometimes would laugh. You sometimes would cry. You sometimes would find out new and exciting things. One thing for sure. Grandma's house was never boring. And another thing. Grandma's house was first and foremost a house of love. Venture into this house of love. You will be glad you did.

The desert is a great place to confront your deepest thoughts and emotions and to try and make sense of the struggles of life. It is a place that can put a hot spell on you and your dreams and deepest yearnings. It is a quiet solitary place where relentless heat bears down on your memories and yearnings to make something of it all. It is a place of great paradox. Bright sun and dark shadows. Mirage of naked beauty rising in a silver mist. There is serious danger as well as immense beauty all around. Rattling of a warning not to stay too long. Fear as thirst claims you and confirms you went too far and hard. This is a place, real and imaginary where the sun is big and hot and you can sweat the devil out. You can confront the wisdom of the ancients as well as the brightness and darkness of your own soul. It is a land you can go into and possibly never leave. While some are drawn to oceans and mountains and forested terrain this is to me a land of grand and unceasing imagination. It is wh

  I came across an article today stating that many ultra high net worth Americans are giving up their US citizenship for tax reasons. We occasionally hear of people unhappy with how things are going in our country who threaten to leave or renounce their home of birth. As a naturalized American NO AMOUNT could ever influence me to change my citizenship. In the United States freedom is not just another word. It is a reality. We may have our faults as a country but overall we are a shining beacon to the world of the power and majesty of democracy. Gratitude goes out to all who have defended our way of life through the generations. Long may our flag wave over a land of free choice from sea to shining sea.

 Veterans Day: This is a day to celebrate and reflect on what this flag represents to us. To me, our flag represents FREEDOM and the great SACRIFICE  of the men and women of our armed forces who have defended her in peace and war. To me, our flag represents a WAY OF LIFE where ALL LIVES MATTER. What could be more beautiful? What is more awesome? Our American flag freely flying overhead across our great country from SEA TO SHINING SEA!

  I grew up in the Valley of the Sun. Over the years no environment has captured my imagination and desire to venture out more than the desert that has surrounded me these many years. What is it about the desert that makes it have such a fascination? Why did Jesus Himself venture out and get tempted in this arid environment? Why have so many faced with the big questions of life chosen the desert as their home? Solitude perhaps. Light in abundance. Danger. Unrelenting heat and the extreme hotness of summer months. A harsh reality of remoteness and seeming abandonment. For myself the desert has been a place to think and dream of love and redemption. It has become a place to work the devil out. Poems of the phoenix desert series are my trail markers of experiences and musings from my venturing out into this solitary land.