Cocoons
When I was a teenager, I loved to hunt for moth cocoons. Although the cocoons were brown and drab, most of them, they were like a treasure for me. An Read More …
Category: Rainsville
Charlie, the Best Dog From My Youth
I’ve been trying to find an old picture of Charlie. He was the most loyal dog I ever had when I was a child. Charlie’s mother was Sheba, which was Read More …
Trust After Constant Betrayal?
When people have wronged us over and over again, and we’ve forgiven them over and over again, there comes a point, at least for me, where that bridge of trust Read More …
The Legend of Zelda
In December of 1992, while I was on Christmas break from Berea College, my mother had been listening to the morning ‘swap-shop’ radio program. Someone had called in and stated Read More …
The Things I Remember About DeKalb County, AL, From My Youth
Almost a year ago I visited Fort Payne and Rainsville, AL, for the first time in several years. After the devastating tornadoes in 2011, so much has changed, but the Read More …
Snow: The Conspiracy
Our first snow occurred yesterday. Nothing else seems more peaceful than watching the first twirling flakes drift from the sky and fall with the gentleness of a feather. Snow’s white Read More …
Back to Aetheaon, Yet Once More
I’ve written three books in the Chronicles of Aetheaon Series. Whenever I think that I know the direction my series and characters will take, my muse wipes the thought board Read More …
Never Poke a Hornet’s Nest
Sound advice, isn’t it? When I was eight or nine years old, two of my cousins came to visit. They were brothers and four to five years older than I. Read More …
Fishing: The One in a Million Cast
When I was a child, I often wanted to go fishing. Although I had begged my father numerous times to take me fishing, I can remember only two times that Read More …
Happy Thanksgiving!
When I was a kid, my mother always placed the turkey in the oven before going to bed. The next morning when we awakened, the smell of turkey filled the Read More …