Believing in miracles, coincidences, and serendipity can be a stunning endeavor. Many people consider them a lucky break, a fluke, or happenstance. But it only takes a second, an eighth of an inch, or some other instance to stumble upon a blessing or make a difference in life. […]
In 1980, driving north near the San Antonio Union Stockyards on Interstate 35, traffic stopped both directions on the overpass. Forward and to my left, was the cab of a jack-knifed 18-wheeler. It was literally hanging, perhaps 40 feet above a drainage creek that flows west of downtown […]
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee delivered the all-important resolution of the founding era, before the assembled delegates of the 2nd Continental Congress: “Resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States…” Congress appointed three overlapping committees to draft a […]
by Jack Dennis Ok. I’ll bite. Per request, here are 25 things most people don’t know about me. #20 is unexplainable. Dancing 1. In August 1989 three men sat at a table in downtown San Antonio and flipped a quarter each. I was the odd man (I flipped […]
This is our 1000th post on CleverJourneys in just over a year. Dodie and I are celebrating by checking into a hospital. Yes, both of us! Coincidence? Serindipty? Double whammy? The short story is she is in Room #7 of Kerrville’s Pederson Hospital’s Emergency Room and I’m on […]
From Elvis Presley to B.B. King to Buzz Aldrin to Clint Eastwood and so many more, I had the pleasure and opportunity visit with some of the most influential people of our times. I always asked questions about happiness. by Jack Dennis Rudy Giuliani Rudolph Giuliani is best […]
A Special Mother’s Day Story On August 12, 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin, Bruce McCandless, Wally Schirra and more at a collectSpace event in San Antonio. There were other space related celebrities I talked with including James Drury (Classic TV’s The […]
My maternal grandmother, Ruby Floyd, first showed me a list of coincidences between U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy in early 1964. I was two weeks away from turning 8-years-old when Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The day before, my mother had signed me […]
“A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like the wise old bird?” My maternal great-grandmother, Chickasaw-Choctaw Margaret Delitha Morgan taught me this wise owl quote in the early […]
Living in the present is the ultimate form of sanity. You are most attractive when you are living in the now—not living in the future, or striving for it, or worrying or trying to repair the past. When you appreciate that you can’t control or tell the future, […]
Five years ago today I saved a dog, Buster, from drowning. Here’s what I wrote that night: I’m so pumped. I saved this dog. It was trapped in the big lake between #6 and #14 on the Black Jack golf course and couldn’t get out. Brigitte Gramstat Griffith […]
1. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.– Philippians 4:6-7 NIV 2. Cast all your […]
