Tues. May 25

Why traveling internationally helps me as a writer.   View/hear a YouTube of the Lake Kivu singing fishermen.   I’m very thankful to have the privilege of traveling out of the United States.  I’ve come to realize there are various benefits as a writer in my travels. I want to make it clear: I travel for the purpose of sharing about my personal faith in Jesus.  Going to the...

Tues. May 25 A Place Called Congo

Last night I mailed off my current manuscript of A Spent Bullet. I want to thank “my editor cousins”  Joy Reeves Pitre, Julie Holland Johnson, and Coleen Roberts Ritter.  Thanks Ladies! Today I shift into total African mode.  I’ll be sharing openly as we plan, pray, and get ready to go on Thursday to Congo/Rwanda. “Mountains cannot go to other mountains, but people can...

I recently posted a blog about telephone “party lines.”  These multiple lines, where several homes heard every ring, were the source of great stories (as well as great tension among neighbors.) Read and enjoy! Party Line comments The Dry Creek party line had 16 phones on it.  You could listen to every call that every party line member received.  Each party had a “crank” type...

Mon. May 17 The Graduation Story

“A Father’s Love” It’s graduation day at East Beauregard High. My beautiful niece Kendal Campbell graduates tonight.   One of our reader’s favorite stories is “A Father’s Love” from Wind in the Pines (2004).  It details a memorable graduation in 2004.  It’s my most popular type of short story:  it’s out-loud laughing funny but ends with a...

Sat. May 15 A Ft. Worth Mystery

For nearly four years I’ve visited Clay and Robin Iles in Ft. Worth, TX.  Clay, our oldest son,  is a student at Southwestern Baptist Theoglogical Seminary and Robin is the wonderful mother of two of our grandsons, Noah and Jude.  (Little brother Luke will join the clan in late June.) During our visits, I’ ve observed a woman I’ll call “The Southwestern Lady.” ...