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 …
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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 …
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 …
The Door
“The Door” is one of my favorite stories. It blends humor with a poignant twist. Coach Larry Greene The Door A warning: Be careful with the doors at the Lake Charles Civic Center! I was there last week and as I entered the men’s room, I recalled Roy Greene’s story. The Lake Charles …
Perseverance! 92 Dry Holes
You can order Deep Roots in various formats including ebook and Amazon. Learn more here. 92 Dry Holes A Story on Perseverance and Resolve Once my wife, DeDe, and I visited Ft. Worth, Texas where our son Clay and his family lived. One of the places they took us was the Amon Carter Museum …
See all 13 of our Creekbank Books (plus several special bundle packages).
Wow! I wrote my first book, Stories from the Creekbank, in 2000. Not only is it still in print, but it’s a steady seller. I’m so grateful for friends and readers like you who’ve kept my thirteen books “evergreen.” Evergreen is the book-selling term for a title that continues to sell long after its publication. …
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A Mother’s Love
A word from Curt Respect. What a fine word. Today is Mother’s Day. This is my favorite story about a mother’s love. I share it with humility and respect. This story is from my short story collection, Deep Roots. A Thirty-Year-Old Picture As the older woman wrote her check, she laid down her …
Trespassing
Trespassing He sees me about the same time I see him. And I’m trespassing. Trespassing on his land. The way he looks at me, I know he knows it. And so do I. The trouble is I can’t go back: Behind me is a creek I can’t cross And I can’t go back. …
A Love Story: Running Through The Lobby
Today is DeDe and my 37th wedding anniversary. Wow. This story, from Deep Roots, expresses how I feel after all of these years. Running through the Lobby: 8 short minutes; 30 years ago It’s nearly midnight– Mountain Daylight Time on the last night of a great Writers’ Conference. I’m sitting on the floor in …
The Friendship Lane: Thoughts on Getting Along
Yesterday’s post concerned the issue of land ownership in Uganda. If you missed it, you can read, “This Land Ain’t for Sale” here. The story featured in both the podcast (audio) and post (below) is called “The Friendship Lane.” It’s one of my favourites on the art of getting along. The …
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A Reader Favorite: Bro. Hodges’ Best Sermon
Bro. Hodges’ Best Sermon You’ll enjoy the Audio Podcast of this story. The preacher stood in the middle of the muddy red clay road staring at the problem straight ahead. It was a long way from his pulpit, and so he had no idea he was going to preach “his best sermon” right here in a …
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On Being “The Man”
From the Curt Iles book, Deep Roots. www.creekbank.net Readers are given permission to share this story as long as proper credit is given. You’re the Man I’d never heard of the Broken Wings Award until recently. I haven’t met helicopter pilot Edwin Steve Coleman, one of the few two-time winners of the award. …
The Road that Keeps My Feet on the Ground
It’s my favorite road in the world. We call it the Longville Gravel Pit Road. Folks in Longville know it as the Dry Creek Road. It’s a rough eleven mile track that connects Highway 113 and US 171. There’s so many reasons why this road is special to me. Below are several: It’s …
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Two Doors
The Civic Center Doors This is a warning: Be careful with the doors at the Lake Charles Civic Center! I was there last week and as I entered the men’s room, I recalled Roy Greene’s story. The Lake Charles Civic Center opened thirty years ago. Amazingly, it was constructed on sand pumped out of the …
