A poor mountaineer trying to keep his family fed, selling art on the side of the road by day and telling stories around the campfire by night.
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A Gift for a Special Child is a great animal allegory to read to small children who will enjoy the stirring tale paired with vibrant illustrations. The story was originally written for a baby shower for a young African woman expecting her first child. The writing is intentionally at a 7th grade reading level because by that point, most have received adequate instruction on how babies are made and how to prevent that, but not enough on how to welcome and parent children when they become adults. A Gift for a Special Child transcends children’s literature to become a family story to strengthen the next generation.
I have always acknowledged that the strongest drives of man are for “Food, sex, a good bowel movement, a sensible nap in between, and a warm place to conduct all of the above, not always in that order.
When it came to intensity with a chainsaw, Leatherface had nothing on Skip Cain. Highlights of that day included Skip having me pull my lunch up into the tree on a rope, because he suspected, probably accurately so, that I would not want to climb back up in the tree once I climbed down.
Wednesday October 28th had an inauspicious beginning, which is euphemistic for a crappy start, both literally and figuratively. . .I added up more pluses than minuses at the end of the day and called it a win.
