Thomas Wolfe famously titled one of his works You Can't Go Home Again. That's true in so many ways, and it was brought to my mind...

I recently shared some of the following thoughts with an assembly of junior high and high school students. Perhaps you'll find them...

The other day, I came across some statistics that, to me, are quite alarming. I wonder if anyone else finds them similarly alarming....

Words of wisdom are all around us if we are just aware enough to see and hear them. Some of that advice is given to us directly by...

Two men who had a great impact on my life passed away in the past week. One I knew personally; the other I knew only through his...

Those who know me or have read much of my blog know that I read a lot, often having multiple books going at the same time. They also know...

Although we haven't had any snow yet this year where I live, I've seen the reports of others elsewhere who have. The sight of those snows...

The quietness and dim lighting of the eye doctor's examining room were conducive to one of two reactions. One might have been to sleep,...

Someone asked me one day how I became an author. In turn, I asked them, "How much time do you have? It's a long story!" Because some of...

By the time one reaches my age, he surely knows how things go whenever there is a household chore that must be tackled, such as a...

The last several months have seemed like a return to yesteryear. I'm referring to the time several decades ago when we suffered through...

If you've followed this blog for very long, you know that I read a lot of books. A lot! I don't have time to waste reading books that...

One of the interesting things I've discovered researching my relatives' activities in World War II has been the "coincidences" that...

Vacations are meant for relaxation, for getting away from the daily routines, for engaging in things you normally don't do in the regular...

The year 2022 is fast coming to a close, and 2023 is almost upon us. In fact, we have only one more day left before the New Year arrives....

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. The next day is Christmas. What memories the mention of those two days evokes! When I was growing up, my...

When I was teaching writing classes, I repeatedly emphasized to my students three principles of good writing. I summarized each principle...

One truth I repeatedly observed during my years as a teacher was that avid readers tend to be better students than nonreaders. They...

Today, December 7, marks the eighty-first anniversary of the simultaneous and coordinated Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Guam, Wake...

Thanksgiving is past. Christmas is just around the corner. And the new year is following close behind. That means it's time to start...