It's hard to overstate the importance of a good book title. The sales of a book often hinge on that critical element of authorship....

One of the highlights of our recent trip West was the plethora of wildlife we encountered along the way. Our experiences often reminded...

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. (Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.) Success guru Napoleon Hill often recounted the unfortunate...

Although it's the middle of September and Christmas 2023 is only 94 days away, my wife and I in just the last two weeks opened a present...

Sometimes some of the best words of wisdom come from surprising sources. Such are the following quotations that set me to thinking. Maybe...

As readers of this blog know, my reading, though generally focused primarily on history- or writing-related topics, can often be quite...

Several months ago, one of my daughters called me. "Dad, do you still have that old camera? The one that used actual film?" "You mean my...

Digging through those old photos several weeks ago not only revived memories (see my previous post) but also unearthed some real finds,...

While searching through some old photos recently, I ran across several that made me reminisce about "firsts" in my life as a husband and...

There are many similarities between teaching and writing. With my own writing activities being daily before me and being in the process...

The reopening of school for another year is just weeks away. In fact, some public schools in my neck of the woods have already begun. The...

I recently read an essay by Mark Twain in which he recounted how a certain magazine had asked several prominent writers of the day,...

I once asked my father how he got started as a brick mason. He responded by telling me the whole story, one I had never heard until that...

Nestled high up in the woods of Mountain City, Georgia, about two miles above Clayton, is a treasure in the preservation of American...

As I'm writing this installment of my blog, it's Independence Day, July 4. Although this article will not be posted until three days...

Back in the days when I taught, working hard to motivate junior high school students to get interested in (dare I say excited about?)...

No journey I take is ever "normal" or uneventful. That certainly was the case with our most recent road trip to visit family in Michigan...

While looking for a specific source work in the library the other day, I had one of those serendipitous moments of unexpected discovery:...

The best history books or programs make one feel as though he or she is not merely reading about or looking in a rearview mirror at an...

Amazingly, one can grow up in a specific location and become a part of it and yet know little about some of its most amazing history. For...