Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

Today I’ll be at the Grant Christmas Tree Farm. If you’re in the area, drop by.  It is the ultimate family place.  Learn more at http://www.grantchristmastreefarm.com That photo shows why I look writing books. It has been a wonderful way to make so many new friends of all ages and backgrounds.  My favorite quote right now is from cellist Yo …

“There ain’t no tacky like Southern tacky.”   I’ve seen it all: pink flamingos filling the yard, trees painted white up to head high, tires half-buried as borders around the flowers, junk freezers at the driveway end for the trash (can anyone spell t-r-a-s-h  b-e-n-d.) These are the things I love about Southern Living (and I’m not talking about the …

Proverbs 8:1  “Does not wisdom* call out?  Does not understanding* raise her voice?” Proverbs is a book of wisdom.  Several times in the book, especially in chapter 8, wisdom is personified as a woman calling out to passersby with wisdom, intelligence, and insight. In chapter 9, another woman calls out (v.13)  She is named the woman Folly. She’s loud, brash, …

The first 300 copies of Deep Roots have arrived.  2000 more will be marching  in later in the week. You can easily order autographed copies at http://www.creekbank.net Here are locations where copies will be available by Tuesday evening: DeRidder:  Thrifty Way Pharmacy, Ideal Drugs, Big Stick Dry Creek:  Foremans, Dry Creek Camp DeQuincy:  Nichols Grant:  Grant Christmas Tree Farm Wednesday …

Friendship is such a wonderful thing. It’s even richer at this time of the year.  Enjoy friends and families as you celebrate the birth of Jesus.  My parents have shared a life-time friendship with Ed and Kat King. Bro. Ed and my dad are both gone.  However, our family’s friendship continues.  Leslie King, granddaughter in law of the King’s (married …

Click here to hear podcast of “Burned Yet Blessed” From Deep Roots, the new short story collection by Curt Iles Burned yet Blessed “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is today.” Nothing breaks my heart like a field of burned pines. Yet that is exactly what I’m looking at driving toward …

“The first rule of consumerism is never buy anything you can’t make your children carry.”  -Bill Bryson “No opera plot can be sensible for in sensible situations people do not sing.”  -Poet W.H. Auden This is My Father’s World This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears all nature sings, and round me rings the music of the …

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Scroll down to read entire chapter from Deep Roots,  “The Pine Knot Pile.” Proverbs for Dec. 1  “… and the complacency of fools destroys them…”  Proverbs 1:32   Warning: doing nothing destroys just as improper action does! Quote for your day: “A friend is a present you give yourself.”  -Robert Louis Stevenson Deep Roots update:  Our new …

Greetings from Ft. Worth.  Charlie Bailey and I are scouting for a Spring Break 2011 church mission trip. This is the Proverbs verse(s) that is on my mind today: “Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate.”  Proverbs 31:8 Proverbs 31 are sayings of King Lemuel and where taught to him by his mother (verse …

Friends: I wish for each of you a great day.  Read below for the story “Homeless in Dry Creek.” Quote for your day: Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.  -Jim Rohn Proverb for Nov. 29:  Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to …

Giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20.  -Unknown “Let us remember that as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”   -Teddy Roosevelt

A Prayer for Thanksgiving I thank Thee, Lord, for blessings, big and small; For spring’s warm glow and songbird’s welcome call. For autumns’ hue and winter’s white snow shawl. I thank thee for harvest rich with grain For tall trees and quiet shadowed lane; My country’s land, the mountains and the plain. I thank thee for each sunset in the …

Our theme for the week at the Creekbank is living with thankfulness. I like to call it “The Gratitude-Filled Life.”  It’s the state of being thankful to God for each and every blessing in our lives. I caught the gratitude-bug when I saw this sign at our pharmacy. We do have so much to be thankful for. I’d love to …

On Prayer: The first purpose of prayer is to know God.   -Charles L. Allen “Life without faith in something is too narrow a space in which to live.” – George Lancaster Spalding In Whom is your faith? Today’s Proverb: “A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.”Proverbs 18:7 Dry Creek version:”He let his …