I lost a former client, an exemplar, an encourager, and a friend this week. Heaven welcomed another pilgrim, his journey on earth...

It's odd, but my involvements often, without my planning them, run along similar lines for a while before parting and prompting me to...

I first became acquainted with the work of Chuck Holton while watching events unfold when Russia invaded Ukraine. Holton was working as a...

I recently wrote about the panelists on the 1950s-1960s-era TV program What's My Line? All of them were famous. One was an actress;...

Well, the New Year has pounced on us, ready or not, and that has turned my attention to what I want to accomplish in the year ahead....

As the old (current) year closes and the new one approaches, I've found that it's instructive to look back and reflect on what I've...

Are you ready for Christmas? It's only three days away, you know. I recently asked that question of students in a local Christian school...

My wife and I have recently become fans of an old television game show from the Fifties. You might say that we've almost become What's My...

Yesterday marked the eighty-second anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and today marks the anniversary of the United...

For some odd reason, my mind has been filled with a plethora of memories lately, mostly from my youth. On one particular day, I found...

Today on this blog I'm doing something a little out of character from my normal posts on history, writing, and reminiscences. I'm sharing...

George Henry Broughton (1833-1905), Pilgrims Going to Church On this Thanksgiving Day, I'm counting my blessings, and I'm thankful for ....

As I've aged, I've become increasingly aware of the importance of preserving history. Not just national and regional history, as...

The other day while reading an essay by Mark Twain, I was reminded of something from my neolithic (or was it paleolithic?) ages in Mrs....

The next two days are days in which we all should express a great big, much-deserved thank you to a large group of too often overlooked...

Recently, I picked up a copy of the "oldest continuously published periodical in North America." We buy one every year. Although I'm not...

The year's not quite over, but here's my list of my three favorite reads during the year, as reported by Shepherd's:...

She's done it again! Only this time it's even better! I refer to the latest book by Joy Neal Kidney, the keeper of her family's history....

I dreamed the other night about Daddy, who has been gone now for nigh onto 28 years. Featuring prominently in that dream were Daddy's...

Many writers get discouraged by any number and variety of factors, and they stop writing. What are some of those factors, and how can...