Category: Reflections

  • The Queen of Sycamore Creek, a short story

    The Queen of Sycamore Creek, a short story

    Hannah curled up under the rock ledge by the slow-moving stream and watched the leaves tremble in the breeze. The new leaves on the sycamore tree let the light through like the stained glass down at the First Baptist Church. A Texas Hill Country stream bed is a friendly home for the big-leafed trees. The…

  • Observations of an infrequent flyer…

    Observations of an infrequent flyer…

    Flying has its advantages, but it has never been a perfect experience. Delays and waiting leave one an opportunity to people watch. This leads to memories from flights as a child.

  • Making a Transition…

    Making a Transition…

    I made a transition this week. Sitting in my reading chair, enjoying Katharine Esty’s 2019 book, Eightysomethings, I was inspired. I too needed to make a Transition as she describes in her book.

  • So, I am working on Book 3…

    So, I am working on Book 3…

    I am not sure where the story is going. I am not sure how I am going to get Megal and Sarita as leaders of the planet, but that is where I am heading. If you have read the first two, let me know. It will encourage me to keep going. After all, at 80,…

  • I will finish this book!

    “Alexander, the conqueror of the world; Julius, invader of Rome and of the world, who was the first to unite dominance in both war and arts within a single person…would not now be remembered, without the aid of books. Towers have been torn down; cities overthrown; triumphal arches have succumbed to decay; nor can either…