Selfless Service - Limited Edition Canvas Winter at the Water Tower but each stalk holds many

but each stalk holds many blossoms that will bloom each day for many weeks

as the full moon bathes the scene with its silvery glow

And a fresh layer of pristine fallen snow can bring a sense of calm to a chaotic world

I set up my easel in the cobblestone square facing the ancient "Dome Cathedral

join friends around a crackling campfire

Selfless Service - Limited Edition Canvas Winter at the Water Tower but each stalk holds many"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends," a divine truism emblematic of the foundational bonds that undergird and inextricably link our nation. Nowhere has that love been more vividly expressed than in the selfless sacrifice of our beloved first responders and especially in the nobility of our firefighters. Their own mantra, eloquently expressed in A. W. "Smokey" Linn's "Firemen's Prayer," is a moving oath and testament