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My wife, Donna, and I have been married for 52* ​years. 
We have four married children (two girls and two boys),
and twelve grandchildren. We hope you will find joy and
inspiration from the articles (essays) and poems found
on our website.
(*Married in Logan Temple, July 14, 1996)

First year published online, 2011
First year count started, 2014
Visitors    2014          62,495
Visitors    2015          70,543
Visitors    2016        114,697  (247,735)
Visitors    2017          88,875
Visitors    2018        117,768  
(454,378 Visitors)  in five years   

January 2019              15,355

OPEN ROAD 2.18.2019
THE AMERICAN DREAM (1976)



OPEN ROAD 2.16.2019
A LOT OF SINNING IN THE VALLEY poem
ISAIAH 51:9,11,12,15
I WILL REJOICE (HABAKKUK 3:17,18) poem
LORD, AS WE WAITED FOR THEE poem


OPEN ROAD 2.08.2019
THE GIFT OF A CHILD poem
ISAIAH 51:1,3,4
THE SIMPLE LIFE
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD poem

OPEN ROAD 2.03.2019
HOLY MACARONI
WHAT WOULD YE poem
A PRAYER FOR VICTORY poem
TO SIN AGAIN poem

OPEN ROAD 1.28.2019
ISAIAH 50:1,4,7
NEVER AGAIN LIST 
​GREAT HOPE poem  170
​
OPEN ROAD  1.20.2019
SHARE YOUR WEALTH   129
ISAIAH 49:22,23,26
​A MIRACLE

OPEN ROAD 1.12.2019
NEW YEAR'S HOPES 2019  poem
FACETS OF LOVE
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD  poem

OPEN ROAD 1.05.2019
THE KEEPER OF ALL SNOWS
ISAIAH 49:11,13,15,16
MILES TO GO poem
THROUGH TO YOU
I WAS ROOKED!
SPIRITUAL Rx 5 
THE NEW YEAR (1977)

OPEN ROAD 12.28.2018
BEST BIRD IN THE FOREST poem
WINTERTIME (2012) poem
ISAIAH 49:8,9,10

OPEN ROAD 12.25.2018
NOW WE SIT QUIETLY poem

OPEN ROAD 12.23.2018
THE COMING NEW YEAR 2013 poem
DIVINE DISCONTENT 
TIME FLIES  poem
OUR FRIEND poem

OPEN ROAD 12.09.2018
MERRY BE YOUR CHRISTMAS!  poem

OPEN ROAD 12.08.2018
ISAIAH 49:3,4,6 
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE LORD?  poem
SPIRITUAL Rx4

OPEN ROAD 12.01.2018
ISAIAH 48:12,16,17,22
THE MILLER poem

OPEN ROAD 11.29.2018
PERIMETER OF SATISFACTION
A PRAYER

OPEN ROAD 11.17.2018
ADVERSITY
ISAIAH 48:3,7,9,10
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
AND THE LITTLE GIRL
KINDNESS

OPEN ROAD 11.11.2018
I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AWHOOOOPS!
​
OPEN ROAD 11.04.2018
I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!  poem

OPEN ROAD 10.21.201D
DEWS OF OCTOBER
15 ROUNDS

OPEN ROAD 10.14.2018
ISAIAH 47:4
OUT OF THE DUNGEON 541
ANOTHER BEND IN THE ROAD
​BLUSTERY WINDS poem
  
OPEN ROAD 10.07.2018
ISAIAH 46Z;3,6,9,13
SUN STAND STILL
THE DAY AMERICA WON (AGAIN!)

OPEN ROAD 9.26.2018
ISAIAH 45:2,3,6,22
GOODBYE TO SUMMER  534 poem
GOODBYE TO SUMMER  (2) poem
​
OPEN ROAD 9.15.2018
BETWEEN TWO ETERNITIES
ISAIAH 44:3,6,21,22,23
IN STILLNESS poem

OPEN ROAD 9.09.2018
WE HEAR AMERICA SINGING poem
ISAIAH 43:19, 21,25
SPIRITUAL Rx 4

9.05.2018
JAN

OPEN ROAD 9.02.2018
ISAIAH 43:11,1,13,15
TO BE POLISHED
THE COST OF TIME poem

OPEN ROAD 8.26.2018
SEPTEMBER SONG
WHO IS FAITHFUL?  poem
ISAIAH 43:1,2,3,10

OPEN ROAD 8.19.2018
ISAIAH 42:10-12,16,21,23
WHIFFLE poem
ON REFLECTING

OPEN ROAD 8:13:2018
ISAIAH 42:1-3,6-9
OUT  OF THE TUNNEL poem
IF YOU ARE LONELY

OPEN ROAD 8.04.2018
HARLY
ISAIAH 41:1,10,17-20
JUST PASSING THROUGH and John Wesley poem

OPEN ROAD 7.28.2018
ISAIAH 40:25,28,29,30,31
THE GATES ARE OPEN poem
COOKING BUTTER

OPEN ROAD 7.21.2018
ISAIAH 40:21,22,23
MARBLE MONUMENTS
ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS' NAME

OPEN ROAD 7.15.2018
ISAIAH 40:17,18,19.20
PENNIES ON THE TRACK poem
LAST CHANCE

OPEN ROAD 7.06.2018
ISAIAH 40:13,14,15
​AMERICA (1975) poem
A CURRENT IDEA 

OPEN ROAD 7.02.2018
I BELIEVE
LIFT UP THE FALLEN poem
ISAIAH 40:10,11

OPEN ROAD 6.24.2018
THANK YOU FATHER poem
ISAIAH 40:6,7,8,9
THE HOT BOX      

​OPEN ROAD 6.16.2018
FATHER'S DAY (1981) poem
ISAIAH 40:1,2,3,4,5
GOD IN THE BREEZE poem
VICTORY IS OURS

​OPEN ROAD 6.10.2018
ISAIAH 39:5,6,9
DAFFY DUCK
79.999999999

OPEN ROAD 6.06.2018
ARE IN THE KNOWING poem

OPEN ROAD 5.31.2018
ISAIAH 38:1,4,5,7,8,20
STILL THE TRUMPET SOUNDS poem
FILL US, HOLY SPIRIT
A SIMIPLE PRAYER (6)

OPEN ROAD 5.25.2018
ISAIAH 37:14,15,16,32
DAY BY DAY poem
A CHILD OF GOD

0PEN ROAD 5.18.2018
ISAIAH 36:9,20
WHILE IT IS DAY poem
OUR BUREAUCRACY

OPEN ROAD 5.12.2018
OUR MOTHER 1978 poem
IT REALLY MATTERS poem
A FISH-PEACH AROMA
ISAIAH 35

OPEN ROAD 5.04.2018
ISAIAH 34:1,2,8,16
WHAT COUNTS THE MOST poem
OUR GREATEST TREASURE

OPEN ROAD 4.26.2018
ISAIAH 33:2,5,6,10,20-22
HELP US MAKE OUR DAY GO THROUGH poem
GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED

OPEN ROAD 4.20.2018
ISAIAH 32:1,2.5,9,17
NO INSTANT BUTTERFLIES
EVENTIDE poem

OPEN ROAD 4.13.2018   
ON BEING KINDER
ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS poem 
ISAIAH 31:4,5,6

OPEN ROAD 4.07.2018
ISAIAH 30:15,18,21,29 
TO FILIBUSTER
TOUGH GOING poem
DRAW ME IN CLOSER TO THEE poem

​OPEN ROAD 3.30.2018
EASTER (1981) poem
POCKET FULL OF MIRRORS
ISAIAH 29:4,11-14,18,19

OPEN ROAD 3.24.2018
ISAIAH 28:5,6,9,10,16,29
TAKE TIME poem
10 POUND KNEES

OPEN ROAD 3.17.2018
ISAIAH 27:4,5,12,13
ALL ROADS LEAD SOMEWHERE poem
LONELY HEARTS CLUB

OPEN ROAD 3.09.2018
ISAIAH 26:3,4,13,20
COLD, COLD, COLD  poem
WHAT SEEK YE?

OPEN ROAD 3.02.2018
ISAIAH 25:1,4,8,9
TO EAT ALONE
THE WAY IN poem

OPEN ROAD 2.24.2018
MAY YOUR HOME BE BLESSED
AT WINTERTIME poem
ISAIAH 24:13,14,15

OPEN ROAD 2.17.2018
ISAIAH 23:9,17,18
AMERICA (6.08.1975) poem

OPEN ROAD 2.10.2018
ISAIAH 22:22,23,25
THE LORD IS COMING  poem
WHAT GETS YOU?
​
OPEN ROAD 2.01.2018
ISAIAH 21:5,6
SERENITY
GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED
​
OPEN ROAD 1.27.2018
ISAIAH 20:5,6
LAST CHANCE
LAUGHTER

OPEN ROAD 1.20.2018
ISAIAH 19:1,22,23
ON THIS DAY poem
ATTENTION, ATTENTION
​
OPEN ROAD 1.12.2018
ISAIAH 18:3
EPIPHANY
WIDE ENOUGH poem

OPEN ROAD 1.05.2018
ISAIAH 17:7
FRIENDSHIP poem
JILLIE

​OPEN ROAD 12.28.2017
OUT OF THE TUNNEL poem
SO LONG, 2017
​ISAIAH 16:5

OPEN ROAD 12.22.2017
ISAIAH 7:14
DARK AND COLD THE WINTER NIGHT poem
AN INSIDE JOB

OPEN ROAD 12.15.2017
​THE BEST BIRD IN THE FOREST  poem
PROCRASTINATION

OPEN ROAD 12.08.2017
ISAIAH 15:6,7
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
AND THE LITTLE GIRL
A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW poem

​OPEN ROAD 12.01.2017
ISAIAH 14:3,4,7,24
THE GREAT AMULET poem
UNLESS YOU BELIEVE

OPEN ROAD 11.24.2017
ISAIAH 13:2,4,12,14
THANKSGIVING 1980
WHAT A FORTUNATE FELLOW I AM  poem

OPEN ROAD 11.16.2016
ISAIAH 12:1-6
LOVE LETS GO  poem
CHERISHED LOVED ONES

OPEN ROAD 11.11.2017
ISAIAH 11:1,2,9,10,11,12
FACETS OF LOVE
GOLDEN FALLEN LEAVES  poem

OPEN ROAD 11.03.2017
ISAIAH 10:13,15,27
MONKEY BUSINESS   
FALL GUY

​OPEN ROAD 10.27.2017
ISAIAH 9:2,6,7
IN THE DARKEST NIGHT poem
SPIRITUAL RX (3)

OPEN ROAD 10.20.2017
ISAIAH 8:10,13,15,16,17
SAND IN MY SHOES  poem
ROUGH DIAMONDS

OPEN ROAD 10.14.217
ISAIAH 7:10-14
WHAT COUNTS THE MOST poem
HOW GOES THE SUN 

OPEN ROAD 10.07.2017
ISAIAH 6:1,2,3,5,6,7,8
FAITH  poem
​TO BUNT OR NOT TO BUNT
FRIENDS

​OPEN ROAD 9.28.217
ISAIAH 5:16,17,26,27
SHADOW
A HOUSE OF GOD poem

​OPEN ROAD 9.21.2017  
ISAIAH 4:2,3,6
TOUGH GOING poem
FOUR QUESTIONS

OPEN ROAD 9.14.2017
ISAIAH 3:10
I ARISE TODAY poem
OUR FORGETTING GOD

OPEN ROAD 9.08.2017
ISAIAH 2:2,3,4,5
O GOD OF STORMS poem
UNLESS YOU BELIEVE
​
NEW OPEN ROAD 9.01.2017
ISAIAH 1:16-19
SUMMERTIME poem
COURTESY

NEW OPEN ROAD 8.24.2017
PSALM 150:1-6
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING poem
CONTENTMENT

NEW OPEN ROAD  8.18.2017
PSALM 149:1,4,6,9
SO, AS WITH JESUS poem
DISLOCATED

​NEW OPEN ROAD  8.11.2017
PSALM 148:1,2,11,12,13
A CUP OF COLD WATER poem
DROWNED RATS
​
NEW OPEN ROAD  8.04.2017
PSALM 147:1,3-5,11
THE HULK 
TOUGH GOING
​
NEW OPEN ROAD  7.28.2017
PSALM 146:1,2,5,7-10
A SIMPLE PRAYER (4)
FEED YOUR FAITH

NEW OPEN ROAD  7.21.2017
PSALM 145:1,3,5,8-10,13,14,17
GOD WAITS
GREAT NEED  poem

NEW OPEN ROAD 7.13.2017
PSALM 144:3,4,9,15
WE SHALL ASK FOR...  poem
SOFT PILLOWS

NEW OPEN ROAD 7.08.2017
PSALM 143:1,5,6,8​
ONE FINE WORD
39 X 2+ 1

NEW OPEN ROAD 7.01.2017
PSALM 142:1,5,6,7
AMERICA (THOUGHT 2)
THE GATES ARE OPEN WIDE  poem

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.24.2017
PSALM 141:1,4,8
​PENNIES ON THE TRACK  poem
PSALM 140:4,6,7,12,13
CLICK

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.16.2017
FATHERS
PSALM 139:11,12,14,17,23,24
ALONG THE BEACH    poem
EVENTIDE

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.10.2017
SO QUIET THE TREES    poem
A THING OF BEAUTY
PSALM139: 7,8,9,10

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.02.2017
PSALM 139:1,2,3,4,5,6
SPRING HAS ARRIVED   poem
TO LISTEN

NEW OPEN ROAD 5.26.2017
DAY BY DAY
PSALM 138:1,2,8
THERE'S STILL TIME   poem

NEW OPEN ROAD  5.19.2017 
PSALM 137:1,2,3,4,5
WE WOULD DRAW NEARER TO THEE   poem
GRADUATION (1977)

NEW OPEN ROAD 5:12.2017
PSALM 136:1,5-9,12,13
MOTHER'S DAY (1975)     poem
ALL DRIED UP

NEW OPEN ROAD 5:05.2017
PSALM 135:1,2,3
​PLAY BALL     poem
SEED TIME

NEW OPEN ROAD 4.28.2017
PSALM 134:1,2,3
I AM OLDER NOW    poem
AND IT WAS GOOD

NEW OPEN ROAD 4.22.2017
PSALM 133:1,2,3
THE SPECTATOR   poem
STEP UP

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​            TO ALL OUR READERS----MY LAST 2 ARTICLES,  DEWS OF OCTOBER AND 15 ROUNDS  WERE PUBLISHED ON THE OPEN ROAD ON 21 OCTOBER 2018. I WAS BEHIND IN MY WRITING AND THOUGHT I WOULD CATCH UP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
          HOWEVER ON THE EARLY MORNING  OF WEDNESDAY  24 OCT.,     I FEEL DOWN MY LIVING ROOM STEPS AND BROKE MY COLLAR BONE IN 2 PLACES, LEFT SHOULDER AND CHIPPED OFF A PIECE OF ANOTHER BONE, I THINK. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WILL BE AT A SLOWER PACE FOR A SHORT WHILE---BUT I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU!
  SINCERELY, BILL MORGAN 

4 NOVEMBER 2018 --- NEWEST ARTICLE: I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN-- THANK YOU GENE AUTRY!!!

7 NOVEMBER 2018---I (FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING) ONCE AGAIN FELL OUT OF THE SADDLE ON MY RIGHT SIDE  AND BROKE RIB #10. PAIN,                                     WHAT PAIN? AT LEAST I WAS ENTITLED TO A FRESH SUPPLY OF 
 OXYCONDIN. AS I WRITE THIS (NOVEMBER 17, 2018), IT APPEARS
 I HAVE 2 TO 3 WEEKS YET TO GO BEFORE I'M SOMEWHAT BACK TO 
          NORMAL. IT MUST BE THE FALL SEASON. YA THINK?

20 JANUARY 2019 READ ABOUT BRIAR'S MIRACLE-- "A MIRACLE"


                

PSALM 21:1,7,13
ONE MORE CHANCE
JUST ONE MORE TIME

NEW OPEN ROAD 7.02-06.2014
PSALM 20:1,5,6,7
SEW?
AMERICA IS STILL GREAT

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.26-29.2014
PSALM 19:1,7,9,10,11
GOODBYE DOT, FOR AWHILE
WHAT'S AFOOT?

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.19-22.2014
PSALM 18:1,2,3
THE DANDLE BOARD
I LOVE TODAY

NEW OPEN ROAD 6.12-15.2014
POP (1977)
PSALM 17:1,5,7,8,
884
QUESTIONS

NEW OPEN ROAD 6:04-08-2014
PSALM 16:1,5,8,11
GRADUATION (1977)
THE REAL MINORITY

NEW OPEN ROAD 5:29-31.2014
PSALM 15:1,2,5
THE CRITICAL HOUR
SCHOOL'S OUT

NEW OPEN ROAD 5:22-25.2014
PSALM 14:1,2,7
THE GREAT DISCOVERY
AT ONCE

NEW OPEN ROAD 5:14-18.2014
PSALM 13:1,2,5,6
ON BEING OLD-FASHIONED
CLICK, CLICK

NEW OPEN ROAD  5:7-11.2014
OUR MOTHERS
PSALM 12:1,2,6,7
A MOMENT IN TIME
JUST REMEMBER

NEW OPEN ROAD  5:1-4.2014
THE BEST BIRD IN THE FOREST
A PACKAGE FROM HOME
SPIRITUAL Rx #2

NEW OPEN ROAD  4:23-27.2014
PSALM 11:1,3,4,7
WE WOULD DRAW NEARER
JESUS EGGS

NEW OPEN ROAD  4:15-20.2014
EASTER (1977)
RUTS
GET MOVING

NEW OPEN ROAD  4.09-13.2014
PSALM 10:12,16,17
MORGAN PRAYED...
LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU

NEW OPEN ROAD  4.02-05.2014
PSALM 9:1,2,9
FOUR WORDS
NUMBER PLEASE

NEW OPEN ROAD 3.27-30.2014
PSALM 8:1,3,4,5,9
THE ROAD OF ERROR
LITTLE CANDLES
SON FLOWERS

NEW OPEN ROAD 3.19.-22.2014
PSALM 7:1,8,10,17
REST IN PEACE
THE THIRD PARTNER

NEW OPEN ROAD 3.12-15.2014
PSALM 6:2,4, 9
PRESBYOPIA
HEAVE HO

NEW OPEN ROAD 3.5--8.2014
PSALM 5:7-11
WHO, WHO, WHO
THE DAYDAWN IS BREAKING

NEW OPEN ROAD 2.26-28.2014
PSALM 4:4,8
ENOUGH
NO COVERED DISHES

NEW OPEN ROAD 2.19.-22.2014
PSALM 3:3
CARPE DEIM
THE NIGHT CAP

NEW OPEN ROAD 2.12-14.2014
PSALM 2:12
BLANKETS
TOLLING FOR THEE
 
NEW OPEN ROAD 2.06-09.2014
PSALM 1:6
A LITTLE LONGER
PSALM 1:1-3
TEMPER, TEMPER

NEW OPEN ROAD 1.29.2014
OUR GREAT UNDERTAKING
DOWN THE DRAIN
HIGHWAY 77

NEW OPEN ROAD 1.23-26.2014
HANGMAN
DONNA'S PLANTATION

NEW OPEN ROAD 1.17-19.2014
WHILE WE HAVE TIME
HEARING AIDS 
CHICKEN POX

NEW OPEN ROAD 1.08-10.2014
CLIMBING THE SLOPES
THE INWARD DRUM
THE JOURNEY

NEW OPEN ROAD 1.02.2014
NEW BEGINNINGS
WE SHALL LISTEN

NEW OPEN ROAD  12.31.13
THE NEW YEAR (1977)

NEW OPEN ROAD  12.26-28.13
MILES TO GO
A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW
GOD GIVE US MEN

NEW OPEN ROAD  12.17-24.13
THAT STABLE IN THE WAY
OUT OF THE TUNNEL
YUCKERS
GRATITUDE

NEW OPEN ROAD 12.11-14.2013
THE OLD HAT TRICK
THE INCREASE
CHRIST IS MY SHIELD AND ARMOUR       

NEW OPEN ROAD  12.04.-07.13
COUNTING SHEEP
HOPE
WINTER CAME DOWN

NEW OPEN ROAD  11.24-29.13
RAINBOW TOUCHING SHOULDERS
OUR MISTAKE
THANKSGIVING (1976)

NEW OPEN ROAD  11.20-23.13
SPIRITUAL Rx
WE RAISE OUR CUPS
A PRAYER ANSWERED

NEW OPEN ROAD  11.13-16.13
COUNTING PUMPKINS
SIMPLICITY
AT THE FIRESIDE

NEW OPEN ROAD  11.06-09.13
LORD OF THE LITTLE THINGS
THE ANSWER
WAVE OF THE FUTURE

NEW OPEN ROAD  10.31.13
PARADOXES
GOOD NEWS BEARS
ABSOLUTELY
WAVE OF THE FUTURE 
(Click above on "Poetry")

NEW OPEN ROAD  10.22-24.13
THE DOORKNOB
COUNTING HARVEST MOONS
OOPS!
SPIRITUAL POETRY

NEW OPEN ROAD  10.16-18.13
THE SECRET
LORD OF ALL
COUNTING HARVEST MOONS

NEW OPEN ROAD  10.09.13
AN AUTUMN FELLOW
YOU OLD RASCALS

NEW OPEN ROAD  10.02.13
ONE MOMENT PLEAS
ON RAISING CHILDREN #10

NEW OPEN ROAD  9.26.13
GOODBYE TO SUMMER
FALL GUY

NEW OPEN ROAD  9.21.13
TICK-TOCK
AT THE ALTER

NEW OPEN ROAD  9.17.2013
GET THE POINT
EDUCATION

NEW OPEN ROAD  9.11.2013
COUNTING MARSHMALLOWS
THE SOURCE

NEW OPEN ROAD  9.04.2013
TEMPUS FUGIT
SHORT SIGHTED