Buster's View: A Golden Retriever's Advice for Living was originally published in August of 2000 in celebration of Buster's human mother's 50th birthday. This first revised edition is an expanded collection of aphorisms and insights about life as seen through the eyes of a Golden Reriever. It also includes selections from the first Buster book, BUSTER AT THE WALL.
UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS is a liberal Christian's perspective about modern religion that challenges several core beliefs of evangelical Christian apologists. Is everything written in the Bible literally true? Should the beginning and ending books of the Bible--Genesis and Revelation--be view as metaphorical or literal? Was Jesus speaking figuratively when he said "the only way to know the father is through the son?"
Ball number 23 shot into the clear plastic tube. It was the final ball in the State's richest-ever Power Ball Lottery. Walter Maloney, perched on his stool at Clancy's Place, watched the TV monitor in disbelief. It was all he could do to resist standing up and shouting "Yes! Yes! I've won! I've won!" Instead, hands sweating and shaking uncontrollably, he quietly returned the ticket to his wallet. Suddendly, clutching his chest with both hands, he slumped forward onto the bar! Groggy from a life-saving intervention, Maloney awakens hours later in a hospital ICU and recalls the previous night's events. He immediately demands to see his wallet. When he opens it the ticket is missing. He reaches for the call bell. It was about to become a stressful time for everybody who came in contact with the agitated Walter Maloney. Roger Hite has crafted an engossing story about how the loss of a half-billion dollar lottery ticket transforms the life of a middle-aged San Francisco mailman.
Nesting Among Ducks is a collection of short, entertaining and thought-provoking essays written by Dr. Roger W. Hite PhD--a "philosopher in retirement." Aimed at soon-to-be-retired baby-boomers, Hite challenges his readers with such thoughts as: "A retired person is by definition a philosopher. You have finally lived long enough and seen enough to know what is truly important in life." . . ."Retirement is a great classroom for studying the lessons we were too busy to learn while pursuing a career.". . .I was wrong about retirement. It isn't about wisely spending life's currency; it is about accumulating more--more wisdom and insight. It isn't about depleting our resources; it is about adding to our greatest resource--the unfading beauty of a well-filled mind."