Midnight Visitor
With a jolt, I sat straight up in my bed, startled by the explosion of lightning and the sharp crack of thunder, which chased it, shaking...
The Picky Eater
When Char and I were first married so many years ago, she was an eater of mundane foods. Basically, she was what people would call a...
Pioneers Wanted
We need more pioneers today, more so, I believe, than we need heroes. Pioneers break away from the masses to conquer and tame new...
Summertime Messing
June 21st, according to my calendar, is the first day of summer, but it’s wrong. Oh, it may be accurate for the seasonal calendar,...
Children Information Overload
When my sister and I were still in elementary school, my mother believed we were too young to attend funerals. Not because of our...
Messing in Large Groups
One of our favorite cities to visit is St. Augustine. We love the history, the small cafés and inns and the fact that it’s only a couple...
The 30-Minute 10-Minute Workout
It happens, occasionally. I’ll get out of the shower, see my Buddha belly in the mirror and decide that I really need to lose weight. ...
The Fourth of July
The Fourth of July, Independence Day, has always been a fun celebration for me. For the record, it’s also one of those holidays that I...
The Ending Determines the Beginning
When I transformed Reaping the Harvest from a short story into a novella, I had to go back and add quite a bit of meat to the storyline. ...
The Online Word of Mouth
Many people, myself included, claim that the modern technological age has made us disconnected from one another, especially the younger...
