A few years back, I read a book by Susanna Kearsley:  “The Winter Sea”.   This is a fictional story about a current day author writing a story about the Jacobites (those who wanted to bring the exiled King James back into power circa 1688-1709).  The book starts with the author doing research on the history of these Jacobites.  She had thoughts and feelings that could not be found in the research she was doing.  The more research she did, the more nagging these thoughts and feelings were.  One comment that was made in the book was, “Can memories be passed down through DNA?”  Are those Déjà Vu moments that we sometimes experience actually memories from those that passed before us? Continue reading →

Stories are who we are.  And all those that knew Dick Denning knew that he loved to tell stories.  So in the light of posting all his stories, those that can be remembered, let’s also post stories about each other.   These posts can then be off loaded and saved for posterity.  Stories are fun and as they are told around the campfire can become bigger than life.  So, let’s write them down, before they do become more fiction than reality.   But, also, let’s have fun.   Let’s post favorite quotes, anecdotes, etc. and maybe along the way we can inspire someone to do greater things with their life or at best be happy with what they have.