The Hardships and Discoveries in Moving
If I detest anything with a passion, moving has to be at the top of the list. It’s hard to comprehend how we accumulate so much stuff during our lives. Read More …
Category: Writing
Throwback Thursday: The Old Homestead
The old house we grew up in sets behind my oldest brother, Chris, and myself in this picture. It seems the older I get, the more my mind reflects back Read More …
Interview with Author Jamie Brindle
Today, I would like to welcome Jamie Brindle, the author of All Quiet in the Western Fold [Storystream Book 0], A Treatise on Blood and Iron [Storystream Book 1], and Read More …
Marvin
Our family had a lot of dogs during the years of my childhood. Marvin was one of our dogs, and he was oddly unique. He was part Eskimo Spitz, and Read More …
Football or “The Lost Dream”
Looking at me today, one could never picture me as a frail, skinny pimpled-face kid in sixth grade. But I was just that. In the fall at the beginning of Read More …
Canasta
When I was about nine-years-old, my parents sat and played Canasta for hours on the weekends. 8-Tracks of Don Williams or Jim Croce played continually in the background and my Read More …
The Mysterious Banana Tree in Fort Payne
So many things early in my life helped shape my imagination, even practical jokes. Our father was notorious for his practical jokes. He was a con man, and convincingly able Read More …
Throwback Thursday
Carter Caves, Kentucky. 1996. Where has the time gone? Our little girl in the picture now has a son that is almost three. Our son has complete 5 years of Read More …
Doing My Father’s Homework
When I entered the fourth grade at Plainview High School, my parents enrolled at Northeast Alabama State Jr. College. Neither had graduated from high school, so they took the GED Read More …
Top 6 Albums I Listen to While Writing
A lot of folks have asked what music I listen to while working on novels. Often it depends upon my mood or what I’m writing at the time. Using iTunes’ Read More …