“I need something from the attic,” my wife said to me the other morning as I was beginning my assault on the day’s crowded to-do list....

Zinsser was born October 7, 1922. Following service in the Army in North Africa and Italy during World War II, he returned to the United...

Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...

Be sure to check out Part 1 of the featured article about this book on Southern Writers magazine’s Suite T blog this Friday at...

No doubt, you’ve heard the adage “a jack of all trades, a master of none,” referring to someone who can do a lot of different things but...

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

It’s school time again. You can’t avoid knowing that fact because of all the Walmart aisles crowded with school supplies for sale. (I...

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...

But that painting, “Snap the Whip,” was more than a sanity-maintainer for me. It reminded me of three special people: my grandfather, my...

One of the most-often stated maxims of writing instruction is “Show, don’t tell.” For example, instead of telling me that a particular...

Another month has flown by. It’s only 25 days until Christmas! Wasn’t it just last week that we were returning Christmas decorations to...

On this date in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a secret project that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people...

I don’t know where I first heard that statement: “Put the cookies on the bottom shelf.” It certainly didn’t originate with me, but I have...

This week marks my wife’s third week of school already, not counting the week of in-service training, and the stories she shares when she...

Yesterday, I had the honor and privilege of presenting to a group of teachers in their beginning-of-year in-service training. I spoke on...

My wife recently bought some electric plug-in room deodorizers for our house. She asked me to install one that she had laid out for the...

Today marks the beginning of South Carolina’s “tax-free weekend.” It’s not actually totally tax free. Only certain products–and a...

Some people work for a large, satisfying paycheck. Others work for the public and private recognition they receive from appreciative...

My wife, a second-grade teacher, usually has her mind, even during her summer vacation, on school-related matters. Sometimes, that leads...

“In their never-ending search for better ways to teach, educators are tempted to be enamored of anything new and to eschew what they...