Entries by Steve Patterson

The Mint Julep

[su_quote]“When the mint is in the liquor and its fragrance on the glass, it breathes a recollection that can never, never pass.” – Clarence Ousley (1863-1948)[/su_quote] The hypnotizing melody of frogs croaking, crickets chirping and a pair of whippoorwills crying in distant harmony signals the beginning of a new season. The air is now delicious […]

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Steve Patterson: A Tale of Two Senators

[su_quote]“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force – that thoughts rule the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson[/su_quote] [su_quote] “In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves – self-discipline with all of them came first.” – Harry S. Truman[/su_quote] In […]

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In Praise of Bird Dogs, Field Trials, & Gentlemen

Editor’s Note:  When arriving at Patterson Pointe Lodge, Steve Patterson’s home a couple of hundred yards up the hill from Sardis Lake in Panola County, you know immediately that the man loves bird dogs.  Two bird dog statues stand watch over the drive leading to the breezeway between the main house and stables/bunk house. The interior decor of the house — which […]

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The Unlikeliest Christmas

Editor’s Note:  Great energy and a good education; success both in business and public service; family and countless friends; financial security; deep Christian faith– Steve Patterson had an abundant measure of the good life. Then an unpleasant and unexpected turn of events, during which he had the most memorable Christmas of his life. This is […]

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Steve Patterson on America’s Dilemma

Editor’s Note: After I begged him for several months, my friend Steve Patterson finally wrote something for NAnewsweb.com.*   America’s Dilemma By Steve Patterson [su_quote]“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C.S. Lewis “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your […]

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