WALKING with the SHEPHERD

For more than three decades, the beauty of Lake Ponca and its surroundings have served as my mind's canvass in the painting of thoughts and poetry that He has spoken to me. Before I walk the five miles leaving my home, circling the lake and returning, I always pray. I pray for what most would pray for: protection and safety from the thousands of vehicles that I have waved to as they passed by over thirty-plus years; protection from the always present dog, whose bark is most always grea