Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

This is an excerpt from Chapter 17, “A Falling Out,” in Where I Come From. THOUGHTS ON FALLING-OUTS One of the saddest things I’ve seen during the recent election is the trail of broken relationships. I call a broken relationship a “Falling-Out.” It goes well beyond a disagreement or argument. It leads to estrangement and isolation. As we’d say back …

  Scroll to the next post for Creekbank Book Information, or click here. Author’s note: I originally cut “A Broken Cup” from the book. I wasn’t sure I was ready to be this transparent.   When we needed one more chapter to match the book’s spine width with the page count. I felt this was God’s direction to include it …

  Order your copy today!   Available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle ebook. Read the 66-chapter Table of Contents: Prologue: Patterans 1.Big-Hearted People 2.The Seed Tree 3.The Old House 4.The Eighth of January 5.Prof. Cavanaugh’s Best Lecture 6.Loving Hands 7.John Wooden’s Socks 8.“Curt Lies” 9.Hugh Thompson on Integrity 10.The Night The Old House Came Alive 11.The Hundred Foot …

    Quote by Gen Omar Bradley on leadership in a democratic Army means firmness, not harshness; understanding, not weakness; justice, not license; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.—Omar Bradley

Just Thinking   All Things Creekbank at www.creekbank.net “Life is too short to drink cold coffee or flat coke.”   Most things in life don’t matter; others do. “The key in life is knowing the difference and planting your flag on the ones that matter.”   Download our ebook of Where I Come From at  https://bit.ly/KindleEbookWhereIcomeFrom  

Now available at https://bit.ly/KindleEbookWhereIcomeFrom The Talking Stick   I have his walking stick— the one he carried in the latter years of his life when I knew him best. His name was Frank Iles, but our family knew him as “Pa.” He was my great-grandfather and a major link to our family’s past. Pa’s ancestors were among the first pioneers …

  Where I Come From: Tales from the Pineywoods Curt Iles   66 new unpublished stories. 291 pages Price: $20.00   Current Timeline Monday, October 21, Kindle ebook pre-orders begin at Amazon.com. Tuesday, October 31, Amazon and Kindle editions go live.   (Amazon Print and Kindle ebook.) November 2024:  Copies of Where I Come From, and Christmas Jelly will be placed …

Essay 2: Silence, Solitude, and a Quiet Time with God.   Excerpt from Chapter 46, “Silence and Solitude,” from our upcoming book, Where I Come From. A late October release is planned. Stay tuned for pre-order information in both eBook and Print editions. More at www.creekbank.net You cannot have solitude until you remove distractions. The key is eliminating distractions so …

Thoughts on Solitude   “There is no ‘quiet place’ in the white man’s cities. There is no place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring or the rustle of insect wings.”  -Chief Seattle 1854   This week, I’ll be blogging about the need for solitude and silence in our lives. I look forward to sharing your thoughts and getting …

  Psalm 50:20: The cattle on a thousand hills 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. God owns it all: every head of cattle; every dollar bill.   We are simply stewards. He owns it …

A Dry Creek Soldier Comes Home Saturday, September 7, 2024 Dry Creek, Louisiana Taps There’s nothing quite like the sound of “Taps” echoing off a stand of tall pines. My friend Randy Sanchez plays “Taps” on a small World War I “Trench Bugle” in the far corner of the Dry Creek Cemetery. The antique bugle’s unique, raw sound, which no …

Who owns the land in Louisiana?   After sending the information to the FHA, ​the attorney received the following reply:   ‘Upon review of your letter adjoining your client’s loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must …

This is the landing page for our upcoming short story collection, Where I Come From. We’ll be updating information on the book here. “Leave this world better” from Where I Come From.   Front Cover Image   This is the image for the front cover of: Where I Come From: Stories from the Pineywoods CURT ILES ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Where I Come …

  Sleeping on the Ground   When you sleep on the ground With the stars in your face, You can feel the full-length Of the beauty and grace. -Dan Fogelberg  “The Wild Places”   I’ve just spent the last two nights sleeping on the ground under the stars. One night was on a bicycle trip on the Tammany Trace Trail. …