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A Writer’s Block I’ve been writing for most of my life. While going through Mom’s stuff after her passing, I found a story I wrote more than half-a-century ago. It was about finding a wooly…
A Nautical Name The old pilot gazed into the distance. As his riverboat maneuvered down the mighty Mississippi River, he watched for the riffles that announced the ever changing sandbars which could halt his boat…
How Many Apples in a Seed? I’ve told my readers before how much I enjoy my time in the deer stand, which I spend watching for deer, or course, but also dwelling on life, love,…
Of Madstones and Bezours In The Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter’s friend, Ron Weasley, accidentally drank some poisoned oak-matured mead, and collapsed. Remembering an incident from one of his classes, Harry obtained a bezoar stone, and shoved…
The Lieutenant’s Bear A few weeks back Annie and I were driving west toward Springfield, Missouri to celebrate our grandson, Payden’s, first birthday. Riding with us was Andy’s wife, Madison, and their daughter, Harper….
Cruisin’ with Crusoe About 300 years ago a man named Daniel Defoe wrote a novel about a sailor whose ship was caught in a vicious storm. When the tempest subsided the sailor found…
