Wilmer McLean – An Uncanny Coincidence
In the year 1861, a man named Wilmer McLean owned a farm in the beautiful countryside of Virginia. A charming home that he shared with his family, with spacious grounds […]
Poetry Break – “Let Me Tell You How I Died” – The Blitz
An Intro When I was in high school, my brain was a fountain of poetry. I wrote poems about everything. Things that bothered me, events in the news, things that […]
A Non-Hallmark History of Valentine’s Day
Alright, I’ll be honest. I’ve never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. First of all, it’s too close to my birthday. It also doesn’t help that for many Valentine […]
The Seattle Underground
“Well, you have to visit the Underground,” a friend told me over dinner last fall. It was just before I took off for my first trip to Seattle, and my […]
Providence Spring – A Miracle At Andersonville
In the summer of 2016, I drove down an isolated road in Southern Georgia. There wasn’t much around – just a few run-down houses here and there. Cotton fields stretched […]
The Brass Hands
As winter sets in, here is some poetic musing on the force of time and how fast it moves. Enjoy! Tick, tock, tick, tock That’s the sound of the old […]
A Tale of Two World Wars and Christmas Ornaments
Once upon a time, deep in the mountains of Germany, there lay a charming little village called Lauscha. It was surrounded by snowy slopes and magnificent pine trees, and generations […]
Battle at Alcatraz Prison
May 2, 1946, started as a normal day on the job for William Miller. Well, at least as normal as any day could be on “the Rock” – what most […]
That’s All Brother
In the summer of 2015, in a silent boneyard in Wisconsin, there sat an abandoned old aircraft. Like the rest of the planes there, its original use had been long-forgotten. […]
John Muir, and a Story of Yosemite
On a chilly night in 1903, two men sat before a crackling campfire in the Bridal Veil Meadow of Yosemite Park. The stars shone down on them, and the surrounding […]
