Curt Iles, Storyteller
Uncle Quincy’s Goose (From Curt Iles’s third book, Wind in the Pines.) “He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.” -Proverbs 21:23 You are probably familiar with the old story of the gossip who was confronted for spreading an untruth throughout the community. The offending “tale-bearer” apologized and …
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A Good Time to “De-clutter” As many of you know from my stories I love to hike in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and along the Appalachian Trail (or the “A.T.” as it is called.) One thing backpacking quickly teaches you is the priority of traveling light. When you are carrying a 30-40 pound …
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One Step at a Time I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. -Psalms 32:8 I grew up in the woods at the end of a dead-end country road. Clayton Iles Road was unpaved a mile long, and extremely …
A word from Curt The following story, about King George VI and his famous Christmas message and poem to the British people during the darkest days of the War. Scroll down to read this remarkable story January 1 Lagniappe A New Year This is the final post from our book, Christmas Jelly. We’ve enjoyed …
