Author Archives: Dr. Robert Owens

An excerpt from New Old Sayings Volume Two by Dr. Robert Owens

When trials come upon us, we should face them, endure them, and learn from them.  If we pray them away, we will meet them again and again until the lesson is learned. This is an excerpt from New Old Sayings Volume Two by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from AmazonContinue reading “An excerpt from New Old Sayings Volume Two by Dr. Robert Owens”

An excerpt from New Old Sayings Volume Two by Dr. Robert Owens

It’s been said the road to hell is paved with good intentions and while that may sometimes be true it doesn’t mean that hell is the only destination possible. This is an excerpt from New Old Sayings Volume Two by Dr. Robert Owens. This and all his books are available from Amazon in paperback orContinue reading “An excerpt from New Old Sayings Volume Two by Dr. Robert Owens”

The Chesapeake Colonies

While England was ruled by landed nobles and people of refined education and manners, Virginia and the colonies of the Chesapeake Bay area were ruled by merchants and mechanics that worked hard and made something of themselves in a new land.  It was a meritocracy instead of an aristocracy.  The rise and fall of tobaccoContinue reading “The Chesapeake Colonies”