Hello, Campers!
I am writing this to you from a desk in a beautiful old house, on a farm, somewhere in a rural section of Washington State.
The family has a cabin on the property and it is rustic yet it isn't. By that I mean that even thought it is old and a bit beat-up, it nevertheless includes a shower, toilet, refrigerator and electric lights.
The view out the windows is wonderful. Everywhere I look I see flowers, pine trees, moths and butterflies.
For confidential reasons I won't describe my whereabouts any further.
And if the bees don't take over the inside of the cabin, I will stay there until next Wednesday.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The Serial Killer Trucker
This past Thursday, Bruce Mendenhall, a 56 year-old trucker from Albion, Illinois was arrested and charged with murder.
After an interview, Mendenhall admitted to killing 6 women in 4 States.
I am, of course, very angry at that man.
What a piece of garbage.
Bruce Mendenhall represents, what I believe, is a gang of truckers who are committing violent crimes across the United States.
After I saw his truck being towed-away on CNN, I remembered an entry that I posted in July of 2005.
[Click on the post headline to read what I posted]
God works in mysterious ways, doesn't he?
And you know...He's not done yet.
After an interview, Mendenhall admitted to killing 6 women in 4 States.
I am, of course, very angry at that man.
What a piece of garbage.
Bruce Mendenhall represents, what I believe, is a gang of truckers who are committing violent crimes across the United States.
After I saw his truck being towed-away on CNN, I remembered an entry that I posted in July of 2005.
[Click on the post headline to read what I posted]
God works in mysterious ways, doesn't he?
And you know...He's not done yet.
Monday, July 09, 2007
And You Thought You Were Tough...
This is an open letter to the person or persons who attacked me:
God saw you do it. He watched your pathetic act of cowardice and knows who you are.
He also saw every person who passed by me and didn't do a thing to help.
He's going to even up the score.
He may have done it already.
If not, trust me, your day is coming.
You proved that you are, as Chuck Chambers said, a "hollow being."
Nothing more.
God allowed me to live. He saved my sight [in both eyes] and my brain.
That is amazing considering how hard you tried to take my life away from me.
But, see...God is everything. And you are just a limited issue without a soul.
That's why God decided to keep me here...scarred but in one coherent piece.
Because He knows that in some way, you and I are going to cross paths again.
And it's going to haunt you. My presence. My voice, my smile, my laugh and my words...spoken and written here in my blog.
You didn't win anything but a ticket to a terrible payback.
I learned how strong I really am.
Yeah.
And I am satisfied that despite your intervention...I am growing stronger every day.
Get out of the way, coward...God's good people are coming through!
And I am at the front of that line.
God saw you do it. He watched your pathetic act of cowardice and knows who you are.
He also saw every person who passed by me and didn't do a thing to help.
He's going to even up the score.
He may have done it already.
If not, trust me, your day is coming.
You proved that you are, as Chuck Chambers said, a "hollow being."
Nothing more.
God allowed me to live. He saved my sight [in both eyes] and my brain.
That is amazing considering how hard you tried to take my life away from me.
But, see...God is everything. And you are just a limited issue without a soul.
That's why God decided to keep me here...scarred but in one coherent piece.
Because He knows that in some way, you and I are going to cross paths again.
And it's going to haunt you. My presence. My voice, my smile, my laugh and my words...spoken and written here in my blog.
You didn't win anything but a ticket to a terrible payback.
I learned how strong I really am.
Yeah.
And I am satisfied that despite your intervention...I am growing stronger every day.
Get out of the way, coward...God's good people are coming through!
And I am at the front of that line.
Hollow People
My friend Chuck Chambers, a private investigator from Florida, sent me an email that [with his permission] I am going to share with you here. I think Chuck nailed it down:
["I see you have had some bad events Ruthie and I am glad you were not hurt worse or killed. That is the one thing that always bothered me about your adventures. The possibility was always lurking in each day of your journey. The world has some very sick people in it and a person walking alone is an easy target at the right time and place.
I guess I have seen so much of this I am used to it. You get callouses emotionally when you deal in blood and pain everyday in case after case. Many people who read about it will gasp in shock and dismay. I hate to hear anyone getting harmed, especially a friend, but I am one of the few that knows just how rotten some humans can be. The ones that drove past remind me of the 18 people that stood and watched as my grandson was beat to death. No one wants to get involved, no one cares. I saw in the news where people kept shopping and stepping over a lady who got stabbed and she bled to death. The security cam caught the shoppers on tape as they stopped and took a picture with their cell phones and paid for their snacks and walked on away.
Our race, the human beings, have become hollow beings and have no heart inside them any longer. Thank goodness you survived and yes, no one will be there or help when the dragon appears. He is hungry and will feed again and again because he can. Because people pass by."]
Chuck meets hollow beings every day in his job. Yet, he still has a good, solid heart that beats for all the right reasons.
Campers, there's something to be said for that!
["I see you have had some bad events Ruthie and I am glad you were not hurt worse or killed. That is the one thing that always bothered me about your adventures. The possibility was always lurking in each day of your journey. The world has some very sick people in it and a person walking alone is an easy target at the right time and place.
I guess I have seen so much of this I am used to it. You get callouses emotionally when you deal in blood and pain everyday in case after case. Many people who read about it will gasp in shock and dismay. I hate to hear anyone getting harmed, especially a friend, but I am one of the few that knows just how rotten some humans can be. The ones that drove past remind me of the 18 people that stood and watched as my grandson was beat to death. No one wants to get involved, no one cares. I saw in the news where people kept shopping and stepping over a lady who got stabbed and she bled to death. The security cam caught the shoppers on tape as they stopped and took a picture with their cell phones and paid for their snacks and walked on away.
Our race, the human beings, have become hollow beings and have no heart inside them any longer. Thank goodness you survived and yes, no one will be there or help when the dragon appears. He is hungry and will feed again and again because he can. Because people pass by."]
Chuck meets hollow beings every day in his job. Yet, he still has a good, solid heart that beats for all the right reasons.
Campers, there's something to be said for that!
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