Picking up the Pieces

Chapter Nine of my podcast of “Pushing Back,” the first book in the Boone series, was released yesterday. For those of you who may not have been following along yet, Boone is trying to pick up the pieces of his life after the disintegration of his family....

P. O. S.

After our son and daughter-in-law returned from Italy and we got ready to come back home after four days of watching the girls, my four-year-old granddaughter gave me this as a going-away present: Either she left out the second P in Pops or her perception of me, while...

“Pushing Back” continues with Chap. 8

For those of you who are following Boone as he stumbles toward adulthood, the latest installment in my podcast airs today. In Chapter 8, Boone finds himself trying to comfort his elderly neighbor without knowing how or even exactly what’s going on. He also hears...

My Venture into Podcasting Continues

In “Pushing Back,” the first book in the Boone series, the teenaged Boone Hammond finds himself on his own after a disastrous weekend tears his family apart. The podcast, done in weekly installments, is up to Chapter Seven. The newest installment of...

“You’re Not From Around Here, Are You?”

Some years ago I was teaching up in Grainger County and had a high school class that I knew would benefit from some community activities. One of the people I talked to worked at a clothing center and after talking about the students, we were chatting about this and...