This article of mine just came out in the Spring issue of Parent Update by the American Association of Christian Schools. #writing...

One of my earliest childhood memories is of sitting on the couch beside my grandfather (we called him Pappaw) in his house while he...

Holidays can be many things to different people, depending on their circumstances  and environments and a host of other factors. For...

I remember hearing my Nannie Summers comment that time flew faster and faster as one got older. I never understood that as a child. It...

I’m thankful that I live in a country that affords me great freedoms, of expression, of worship, of opportunities to better myself, and...

Readers of this blog know by now that I’m a bibliophile, I love books and reading them. Granted, I’m selective in what I read, but within...

Perhaps you recall the famous lines about “the best laid plans of mice and men.” Often, the flow of “normal” life events tends to...

I was impressed the minute the man got out of his truck. My appreciation for him grew by the minute. When the installer arrived, two...

A writer’s work is never done, even during vacations. If a writer is not looking for ideas, then he or she is doing research, people...

Just when I had about concluded that true chivalry was dead, I saw the living embodiment of that very quality. It wasn’t exhibited by...

We buried Virginia Mae Dietterich, my wife’s mother and my mother-in-law, on Monday. (In case you’ve been wondering, that’s why I haven’t...

Happy New Year to all the readers and followers of this blog. A new year is also an opportunity to evaluate what was done in the past and...

Good Old Days, January-February 2018 issue: #reading #writers #marriage #Memories #publishing #romance #family #Lessonslearned...

My father-in-law was experiencing atrial fibrillation, his heart rate approaching 200. His doctors were sequentially trying several...

It’s always been hard, it seems, to get “back in the swing” once I’ve been away for a while, and the week just past has been no...

He was born on this date in 1928, about 11 months before the big crash. Most of his formative, pre-adolescent years were within that...

It’s usually the little things in life that make the difference. Perhaps we can’t see the significance, potential, or danger of such...

It’s interesting how something small and seemingly insignificant to others can trigger in one a vivid memory. This phenomenon can be, for...

On this date in history, several important events occurred. Columbus landed on San Salvador, discovering the New World in his quest to...

For several years, I had read various comments and articles about and notices and advertisements for the Write2Ignite Christian writers’...