Labor Day Shadows

Labor Day Shadows

Labor Day Shadows Labor Day for most is a day of celebration with a day-off relaxing, parades, and a barbecue.   The day was established  20 years after the civil war, a war intended to end slavery,  because laborers were being treated like slaves and some were dying...
Why I write Longgg stories.

Why I write Longgg stories.

Why I write long stories. Smartphones and tablets are amazing, providing information at our fingertips for nearly everything.  Paper maps and memory were replaced by a GPS, pencil and paper by calculators, phone books and other memorized numbers by contact lists, and...
Five Letter Words

Five Letter Words

     Five-Letter Words There is an old story about a Cherokee warrior teaching his grandson about life.  “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed,...
Stayin’ Alive

Stayin’ Alive

1977, the worst memory in my high school days was the disco era and mostly that horrible song that was constantly being played on the radio –  Stayin’ Alive.  Having two left feet and a fear of looking like a fool I both feared and loathed dancing, and...