Facebook Thinking
Facebook Thinking:So obviously I am back here but on a more limited, focused basis.I took 30+ days or so away from here. I Needed this break. And as mentioned, I am back but not as much as before.I...
View ArticleSlam’s Fall Spice Diet Rootbeer
Wanted a little different elixir/Something 2 satisfy my sweet tooth without calories & still Give me a pizazz of flavor. -10oz A&W diet #rootbeer-a Healthy dash of #clove-a generous squirt of...
View ArticleSOUP
SOUP S Sewell’s (soon to be Slam’s also).O Opportunity &U Understanding P Planning & Program S SauceO ofU Unlimited P Potential...
View ArticleA Parade of Nature’s Symphony
The hush so quiet that it’s deafening. The Warm Rays so filling they are alive. Nature’s animals & birds blending in more delicately than precision. The Peace of the moment invading your being like...
View ArticleMy covid-19 announcement from January 20th – Slam-
I have a positive outlook and believe in a good and healthy outcome to my current situation. I’ve already been to the doctor and I’m following their advice. I have covid-19. I intend to go to a private...
View ArticleSlam’s Spring Onion 🔥 Hot Venison Chilli….
So this got erased and I’m having to do it from scratch. Grumble grumble. I make many styles and varieties of deer chili. Today’s turned out really well. Slam’s Spring Onion Hot Venison chili One 15oz...
View ArticleGo get em, Tiger! A tribute to a fine karate student, Justin Fields!
It’s a truly rewarding thing when Hope’s you had for your life, start to take shape and fall into place. Today, I observed a karate student that I have worked with for nearly seven years perform...
View ArticleThings that make Car-Kai-ryu Shotokan Kai-In distinctive
So Guts Is The Key reader, if you’re not interested in the martial arts, then this article may or may not be of interest to you. I have been a karate Sensei for 25 years or more. It has been a...
View ArticleThoughts about my 61st birthday! Slam-
6/23/2020 – Thoughts about my 61st Birthday! Oh, the pictures are from the surprise party that my wife Dawn Carter gave me last year for my 60th birthday. This came up in memory items from last year....
View Article50,000 Twitter Followers
this First Is The Key entry is the benchmark, to highlight the tweet celebrating a 50,000 Twitter followers. I’ve been working on this for a long time. Reactions that I get ffom many of you, that say...
View ArticleSensei Tim’s Makiwara
Among other unusual things that I treasure that would not mean much to other people is this device I have built in my basement. It is called a makiwara. It is an old school karate training device. I...
View ArticleA 59 Year Old Photo
I was born 59 years ago right here in Thomasville, NC, June 23rd 1959, to John Woodard Carter Senior and Mary Louise Carter. But Mama only wanted to be called Louise. She didn’t like her first name. My...
View ArticleSlam’s Simple Banana cake!
Not all of my experiments in the kitchen turn out so good. But this one turned out better than I hoped for. Really simple too, When your bananas get to ripe to eat. They are the best to cook with....
View ArticleWhat is the best way to improve your Karate Performance?
Improving Karate Performance is not rocket science but it does require concentrated focus. A half hearted, haphazard approach to martial arts ability will not yield satisfactory results. The following...
View ArticleThe Art of Karate Makes Me Better.
I train incessantly and unceasingly. Sometimes it drives my wife crazy how much I train. Yeah I know I’m not a 20 year old spring chicken. In fact I’m only a little over a year away from 60. I know...
View ArticleSlam’s Deer Chili Christmas 2017
Slam’s Deer Chili Christmas 2017 1- 4 lbs. of deer hamburger, fried with soy sauce, ½ cup Moore’s marinade, olive oil, pepper, Cavendar’s Greek Seasoning & Special Mex. Herbs, 2- 2 large cans of...
View ArticleWhat challenges us the most, benefits us the greatest!
The challenge in learning Major life lessons is they involve more than mental consent. They must be built on internal conviction! What costs and challenges us the most is often also that which teaches...
View ArticleThe most profound and ultimate moment of life: Death.
It takes my breath when I think about the final and ultimate moment in which, this life will end and I will depart this veil of Flesh. The body will cease functioning and the mind as an organ will...
View ArticleHealth update
This is a Health update to my friends who have been praying for me: I have had two subsequent TIA events since leaving the hospital 3 weeks ago, one fairly severe. However, I believe that God is...
View ArticleReal and Clear Light in your life!
So many moments and times in my life, God does something good for me and makes it clearly noticeable. Something that I could not have done on my own. And it is remarkably plain in these moments that...
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