Six million new Kindle owners! That’s the number that’s being kicked around these days. Wow!
Now, I know that many of the “new owners” are like me. They really aren’t “new,” they have simply added to their collection of Kindles or upgraded. I dreamed of a Kindle with a color screen from t…
For this post to make sense there are a couple of things you
should know before you begin reading:
The first is, history pinpoints the Vietnam War as beginning November 1, 1955 and ending with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. What history doesn’t record is that the United States almost lost th…
Sit down, take a deep breath, and relax. Let me tell you a story, a true story. I’ll begin this way…
I lived and worked in Laurel, Mississippi, from 1979 through 1982. I moved there from Mobile, Alabama, where I’d also lived for three years. Prior to living in Mobile, I lived in Jacksonvil…
Eli Gold is a well-known sportscaster; well known, that is,
if you’re a fan of NASCAR, Hockey, the National Football League, or, my personal
favorite, Alabama football. Don’t stop reading if you’re not into
sports. Chances are you are a writer
and that’s what this post is about –
writing…
This is the first of a three-part blog posting. When I thought of writing a blog entry about Marshall Chapman, my next thought was - you can't post a blog about Marshall Chapman without telling about Bob Edwards (that will be second post) or Willie Nelson (that will be the third p…
In late November, 1986, I was in Missoula, Montana, for a speaking engagement. Early Sunday morning I left the downtown Red Lion Inn to go for a run. I crossed the footbridge over the Clark Fork River and ran through the sleeping campus. When I got to the Grizzlies practice football field it bega…
