Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

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This is part of my life plan. “My greatest legacy will be my sons and grandchildren. Therefore I will invest my time, love, and money in them.” So that is exactly what I want to do. My goal is to pour my life in their “buckets.” I’ll be sharing about my buckets all week. There’s always more at The Creek. …

“A Time to Talk” A Robert Frost favorite. I recalled this poem yesterday when I was visiting on Clayton Iles Road in Dry Creek: “A Time to Talk” When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And …

  Father’s Day Book Signings This Weekend. Friday, June 13 Vintage Girl DeRidder. 5-7 pm 111 W First St Vintage Girl Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ai2HzBsqi/?mibextid=wwXIfr   Saturday, June 14 Nichols DeQuincy 9-11 am Dry Creek Foreman’s Grocery 1-2 pm A personally autographed book makes a memorable Father’s Day gift: “To Tom Smith Happy Father’s Day 2025 Curt Iles” I’ll be signing copies …

    My latest book, The Three Trees, is the perfect Father’s Day gift. You can order today on Amazon and receive your copy within 3-4 days. Order now at Amazon/Curt Iles Books While you’re at it, consider buying a stack of our Creekbank Books. Most of our sixteen titles are available on Amazon. A package of our books will …

  There’s always more at the Creek.   www.creekbank.net Today is Friday, June 6, 2025 D-Day +81 Never forget. Always remember. Filling My Buckets with Time and Love   This weekend I’ll have one of life’s greatest gifts: I’ll rub elbows with each of our nine grandchildren. I don’t want to take it for granted. Two are leaving the family circle. …

  There’s always more at the Creek.   www.creekbank.net The Doors at The Old House   Our Dry Creek Old House boasts eleven outer doors. Or maybe 10. Then again, it might be 12.  I’m recounting in my head. Regardless, each has its own sound and personality. Nine have screen doors (I believe). I’ll have my brother-in-law Gordy walk down and …

The Mission of Creekbank Stories is sharing moving stories that encourage and inspire. There’s always more at the Creek.   www.creekbank.net Today is blog post #1461 on The Creekbank Blog.   I love quotes and collect them wherever I find them.  All 159 of my journals contain quotes and sayings that have shaped my life. I usually write them out by …

  There’s always more at the Creek.   www.creekbank.net Today is blog post  #1460 “A Tree Older Than America” is a reader favorite from The Three Trees. Purchase your copy of The Three Trees on Amazon. SCROLL DOWN TO READ MORE ABOUT THE THREE TREES.   EAT AND READ AT MELBA’S “There ain’t no place like New Orleans.”   I’ll be …

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A Note from Curt: As long as I’m alive, I will tell the story of Sgt. Leroy Johnson.     It’s a story worth telling, worth passing on.  We need to be reminded that freedom is never free. It’s important to remember stories of heroes who paid with their lives for our American freedom. There is no better example of …

  Lost at Sea: Remembering Milton Tinsley It’s Veteran’s Day, a time to honor those who served our country in times of need and to remember veterans who have been forgotten. It’s a good time to remember Milton Tinsley. He has a simple marker at Hopewell Community Cemetery near DeRidder, Louisiana: Milton Tinsley Lost at Sea I learned of Milton …

    Sunday, May 25 From Journal #159 Say it now. Don’t put off words to your loved ones, family, and friends.     From Seth Godin: “Saying N0” Most of the work I had to do on this was work on myself, figuring out how to become more comfortable saying No, and figuring out how to let the other …

  “It’s all about hope . . .” “When you’ve got hope, you can handle anything. If you’ve lost hope, there’s not much else to stand on.” -Front flyleaf from my fourth book, “Hearts Across the Water.” “Hearts” is about three life-shaking events in 2005. The earthquake/tsunami that devastated a part of Indonesia. I went there with a Baptist medical …