I love living in the mountains of Flagstaff. The air is clean and crisp, the forest is thick with lush pine trees, and the night sky is a velvet blanket dotted with a million diamonds that continually assure me that my God is a great big God. One of the beautiful things about this area is the variety of wildlife. I recently learned first hand about one particular variation of the wildlife here on the mountain. One night about midnight, I let Fitzie, our golden doodle puppy, out in the back yard to do her business one final time for the night. As I watched her scamper out the back door, I noticed she immediately ran toward the back of the shed in the rear of the yard. I wondered what had
It’s the twentieth anniversary of my home team favorite Arizona Diamondbacks’ inaugural season, and it has made me relive the glory-filled season when they won the World Series. It was October of 2001, and the nation was still reeling from the terrible terrorist attacks that shook our country. The series seemed to be about a lot more than just baseball. It represented American resilience and perseverance. Most in the nation found themselves rooting for the New York Yankees to win what would surely be one of the most meaningful World Series in the city’s history. More than that, they were a team stacked with talented and high-caliber players like Derek Jeter and Roger Clemons, among many
