In two weeks, it will have been two years ago (yep, in 2016), since I submitted a particular article for publication. It had been even...

For far too long, too many people have held a stereotypical view of the South and the people who are native to it. Outsiders have long...

With all the hoopla about the newest birth in the British royal family, I got to wondering what it would be like to grow up rich. Growing...

Have we taken the idea of how we express public appreciation too far? I found myself mulling that question recently after attending a...

Sometimes things just turn out differently than we plan. That’s life. But, if you’re like me, such unexpected changes to the plans tend...

I thought of my parents’ admonition recently when I ran across two quotations from Napoleon Hill (on the right in the photo with W....

News Flash! Dateline North Carolina–Thurs., April 5, 2018 We’re grandparents again! Our daughter Rachelle gave us Number 7 yesterday...

I was ready to tackle the last of my morning domestic duties–taking the white wash from the dryer, folding it, and putting it away–when I...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. But taking that first step is, admittedly, often hard. Harder for some than for...

A Chinese proverb states that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. But when? No time like the present! Do it now!...

Jordan Rosenfeld, author of numerous books, including A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, offers the following good advice for writers who...

The much-anticipated week has come and gone, and when I look back on all that happened, it was good, a refreshing break from our routine...

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

Sometimes one gets bogged down in routine. We get up (tired); go about doing the same daily tasks; eat our meals at the same time, often...

The title of today’s blog describes one of the most studied and most misunderstood but also most revered–by many–soldier in American...

The history of empires has often hinged on seemingly little, insignificant actions. Befogged by the maelstrom of events happening at the...

My mother used to tell us kids, “You might not be able to wear the most expensive new clothes, but you can always be neat and clean.”...

Sir Francis Bacon wrote, “Some books are to be tested, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” They do not have...

“Don’t touch that-!” a mother says to her little toddler son, who is playing with a stick that he found on the ground. “Now don’t play in...

I’m an early riser. I guess it was ingrained in me from my youth. My parents were sticklers for punctuality. They expected my brother and...