The bird crashed into the plate glass window. My friend and I walked over to where a red cardinal lay on the grass. She said, “It’s dead.” “Let’s watch for a while. I’ve seen birds, knocked silly from a collision, get up, wobble around, and fly off.” But it was evident this cardinal’s flying …
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The Clearcut
Pine Trees and Gravel Roads This story, written in 2023, is from my third book Wind in the Pines. They’ve clearcut a large swath of pine forest adjacent to the home I grew up in at the dead-end road where my parents live. A Clear Cut is always sad to me. This one removed the …
Read the entire novel A Spent Bullet by Curt Iles. Enjoy!
I’m in the process of uploading all thirteen of my books to my website. The reason I’m doing this is simple: I want folks to enjoy them. You can download a PDF of my fourth Louisiana novel, A Spent Bullet. Download here. Writing, Curt Iles P.S. You can follow my current novel in progress, Where …
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Read ‘A Good Place’ by Curt Iles: The entire book!
A Good Place, Curt Iles’ second novel, continues to be a favorite of readers worldwide. As a gift, we’d like you to have a complete PDF download. Click this link to download Enjoy Mayo Moore on his journey! Curt Iles P. S. As a thank you, please share this link with a friend. Our goal …
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Running in the Lobby
Today would be the birthday of my precious great aunt, Letha Stockwell Reynolds. In honor and memory of her life, we’re posting a reader favorite story, “Running Through The Lobby.” It’s a post about love and Aunt Letha and her husband of seventy-seven years, Gordon, are the stars. Learn more about Deep Roots …
A Dead End Road
Dead End Mr. Frank Miller stormed into my office. Maybe stormed is too strong a word, but he was evidently highly upset. When a man over eighty storms into a room, and he is your mentor, you quickly want to find out what is wrong. I didn’t have to ask …
A visit to see King Mockingbird
King Mockingbird Author’s note: this story is from my first book, Stories from the Creekbank. It concerns a mockingbird and a place I love called Dry Creek Baptist Camp. This week is Girls Camp at Dry Creek. The photo below shows four of my granddaughters, my two sisters, my daughter-in-law, a great-niece, and …
A Memorial Day Story Worth Telling: A Soldier’s Story
A Note from Curt: As long as I’m alive, the story of Sgt. Leroy Johnson will be remembered. It’s a story worth telling, worth passing on. We need reminding that our freedom is never free. It’s important to remember stories of heroes who paid for our American freedom with their lives. It’s important to remember …
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Dry Creek’s White House
“The White House” from Hearts across the Water Friday, September 23, 2005 It is just before bedtime on the night before Hurricane Rita slams into Southwest Louisiana. A crowd of fifty anxious faces stares into mine as they await words of wisdom from the camp director. The faces are each so different and individual. Some …
December 29: Sharp Hooks
December 29 Sharp Hooks Reas Weeks was a Dry Creek legend who lived and died before my time. He was a bachelor who lived in a remote area along Bundick Creek. He never owned a vehicle or held a regular job. He supported himself by fishing, hunting, and farming. He was known as the …
December 28: The 100 Foot Line/Bah Humbug Week
December 28 The 100-Foot Line There’s a fine stand of young slash pine at Dead Man’s curve on the Longville Road. I’ve watched the growth of this forest since it was clear cut, then replanted in straight rows. The following year, the pines began to poke their heads above the grass. They’ve …
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Dec. 27 “Two Masters” Bah Humbug Week Continues:
December 27 We’re walking you through the week after Christmas. I call it “Bah Humbug Week.” It’s a time of recovery from Christmas. It’s often a difficult week. I believe it’s an essential week. A time to slow down. A time to take inventory of the past week. An opportunity to look toward …
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Stocking Stuffers from the Creekbank
It’s Christmas and time to help you with stock stuffers and difficult gifts. We are offering five of our Creekbank books for sale during Christmas. Each book is for sale at a discount of $10 per book and to encourage multiple purchases, there is a total shipping fee of $5 regardless of purchase size. Each …
Memorial Day- The Gift of Life: 24,550 Extra Days
Herman Clemenson lived 24,500 days after Sgt. Leroy Johnson saved his life on Dec. 15, 1944. The place was Leyte Island, Philippines. The story is one for the ages. 24,550 days. That’s a long time. That’s 67 years and over two months. Close to a lifetime. And Herman Clemenson, a North Dakota soldier had this …
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