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Randy Willis and Doug English
Life is about perspective, someone once said.
Randy Willis: Trust and Respect
Trust and Respect by Randy Willis Based on a true story. Dan was fetched up behind a turning plow on a red dirt farm in the Mississippi Delta. Ten hours a day, he followed the south end of a matching pair of northbound mules, Pete and Repete.His Catahoula leopard dog, Bob, was always close in …
Randy Willis: Texas Wind
Randy Willis Sisterdale, Texas
Randy Willis To the Best of My Recollection
Gatsby hesitated, then added cooly: He’s the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby My Father and Me Julian “Jake” Willis was Boss Man Jake and Julian Willis, in my novels Louisiana Wind and Destiny. Few years would have a more significant impact on my life than …
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Coach Darrell Royal, Johnny Rodriguez, Johnny Bench, and Randy Willis
Coach Darrell Royal, Johnny Rodriguez, Johnny Bench, and Randy Willis.
The Spanish Flu 1918 / Randy Willis
She was beautiful, charming, and graceful.
That would all fade within hours after exposure to the 1918 flu pandemic.
Randy Willis | Grandkids’ Eyes
I've learned much from seeing the world through the eyes of my grandchildren, for you know, the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. ~ Randy Willis
Randy Willis | George W Bush
Letter from George W. Bush (43rd president of the United States) to Randy Willis.
Randy Willis | Lady Bird Johnson
This inscription is on the inside cover of her book, Wildflowers Across America. She had it hand-delivered to me at my home in Austin.
Randy Willis |Steamboat Paul Jones | Destiny
June 1853
Steamboat Paul Jones
Two fathoms deep
Mississippi River, near Natchez
Destiny | In Appreciation | Randy Willis
Destiny | In Appreciation | Randy Willis
Costa Rica | Randy Willis| #randywillis
Randy Willis | Costa Rica
Huey P. Long | Destiny |#randywillis
This is the true story of my family's two encounters with Huey P. Long. The first clash with Long was when he was a young lawyer, in Leesville, Louisiana during a rape and murder trial. The second encounter with him was at the Boy Scout Camp, a mile from my family's home, near Longleaf, Louisiana. …
Randy Willis | The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken by Randy Willis
Randy Willis | Friends
Randy Willis, Earl Campbell, Willie Nelson, Darrell Royal
Randy Willis | One of my favorite novelist
One of my favorite novelist, Lewis Wallace, was inspired to write his second novel, in 1880, by an agnostic. The novel was conceived after sitting on a train, listening to Colonel Robert Ingersoll for two hours. Wallace wrote that Ingersoll poured out “a medley of argument, eloquence, wit, satire, audacity, irreverence, poetry, brilliant antitheses, and …
Randy Willis | No Sunshine?
The year was 1920. The son of a poor sharecropper from the now-ghost town of Beech Springs in north Louisiana decided he wanted to get an education. His family was so poor that he did not have a bed in which to sleep until he was nine years old. Upon graduation from high school, he …
Randy Willis | It’s No Secret
A "chance encounter" with an unknown preacher and a question from Hollywood's most famous movie star would change his life. ~ Randy Willis
Randy Willis |Trust & Respect
It took me a year to gain his trust. I named him Big Jake after my Dad. He arrived at sunrise (at my barn) this morning...
Randy Willis | Love
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always …
Randy Willis | A Chance Encounter
A "chance encounter" with an unknown preacher and a question from Hollywood's most famous movie star would change his life. ~ Randy Willis He was a huge star. And, the composer of many hit songs. The original manuscript of one of those songs is buried in the cornerstone of the Copyright Building of the Library of Congress, …
Randy Willis | The Ole Willis Home Place
Baptist love this story! It was inspired by the true story of my Great-Grandmother Julia Ann Graham Willis. After the death of her eight-year-old son Eugene from appendicitis, she almost lost her mind. She would lay on his grave, in the Graham Cemetery, weeping for hours at a time. One day she was overwhelmed with peace. Later she learned …
Randy Willis | Robert E. Lee
This horse reminds me of Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler. When Robert E. Lee was two years old, his dad went to debtor’s prison. After resigning from the U.S. Army, in 1861, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s 200-acre Arlington estate, where he had married his wife Mary, raised seven children, and lived for over 30 …
Randy Willis | About Lew Wallace
One of my favorite novelist, Lewis Wallace, was inspired to write his second novel, in 1880, by an agnostic. The novel was conceived after sitting on a train, listening to Colonel Robert Ingersoll for two hours. Wallace wrote that Ingersoll poured out “a medley of argument, eloquence, wit, satire, audacity, irreverence, poetry, brilliant antitheses, and …
The Gift of Criticism
Many in church today have "The Gift of Criticism." It kinda reminds me of a story the late Vance Havner told about two gentlemen who stopped to look at a bird in the window of a taxidermist's shop. "That's sure a poor job of mounting a bird," said one of the men. Then off his …