I spent the decade of the fifties learning to be a kid. Adjusting to being the middle child and learning what life as kid meant in my family and my neighborhood. A time of learning who I was. At the risk of being too arrogant I going to say I did a pretty good job …
In my book Finding Home there is a character you’ll meet named Henry Lloyd Walker. He is a favorite of mine. I fashioned the character after a man I knew as a boy. Well, I didn’t know him well, but he impressed me. Here is a memory I had of the Walker brothers. It’s about …
An exquisitely crafted tapestry is a work of art that we enjoy. And to think that it all started with several rolls of yarn all different colors. Then the craftsman knows just the right color to add when he weaves it together. While it is being crafted it doesn’t look like much. In fact, it …
America is a country that is mostly comprised of immigrants. Most of our ancestors came here to make a better life for themselves. Some came to America many generations ago, while other’s family stories are more recent. This is something we all have in common. Another thing we all have in common is that everyone …
In 1971 while still in high school I was working full time at Rath Meat Packing Company. It was a very good job that paid top wages but was hard work. Working eight or nine hours a night, attending high school, and dating my finance kept me busy. I learned so much from that experience …
When you are faced with something that is difficult always do what you know to be right, then regardless of how it turns out you can live with it because you did what was right.
When you are faced with something that is difficult always do what you know to be right, then regardless of how it turns out you can live with it because you did what was right.
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