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My wife, Donna, and I have been married for 51* 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
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(*Married in Logan Temple, July 14, 1996)
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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
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
