Trees, Trees, & More Trees (#Throwback Thursday)
You’ve probably heard the old saying that “You can see the forest for the trees’? When it came to the house we lived in growing up and our father’s tree Read More …
Category: Memoirs
Throwback Thursday: (Hog Heaven, or Hog in Heaven)
I was probably 2 1/2 years of age when this picture was taken. My parents rented this house for a few months before buying our home about a mile down Read More …
Having Someone Who Believes In You
This year, 2019, my 18th book will be released. When my first novel, Predators of Darkness, was published in 2007, I didn’t know if a second novel would emerge, simply Read More …
Things I’d Never Do Again …
With age comes wisdom, or so they say. But as I near my mid-50s, I look back on things I did as a teenager that I’d never do again, nor Read More …
Bizarre Circumstances …
The first job I had, outside of lawn and farm work, was at Food World in Fort Payne, AL. Right before I graduated from Plainview High School, I put in Read More …
Salem, Massachusetts, Bookstore
In 2013, a dream of mine was achieved. I finally got to visit Salem, Massachusetts. The driving adventure from Kentucky to Salem was an experience. For those of you who Read More …
Throwback Thursday/Flashback Friday
Back in the days of the Polaroid. We always argued over who got the flaming hot flashbulb when it popped out of the camera. The reward of ‘winning’ was an Read More …
Throwback Thursday/Flashback Friday 1970
I had planned to post this yesterday but the scanner wasn’t working properly. This is the original ad for the house my parents bought in 1970. Hard to believe the Read More …
Throwback Thursday: Fort Payne vs. Plainview
The first time our basketball team played Fort Payne High School was an experience I use today to inspire others to work hard, even when the odds don’t seem to Read More …
Friday’s Funny Memories #1
When my sister, Gina, and I were teenagers, an elderly couple from Maranatha Baptist Church picked us up on Wednesdays to take us to church. They were a wonderful couple Read More …