Here are photos that have touched my life in the last week.
Enjoy!
Mr. Lee is a fixture at Tamp and Grind Coffee where I write most days. I’ve enjoyed our friendship. He is serving as a model for “Uncle Rube” in our new novel, As the Crow Flies.
In tomorrow’s Friday Life Long Learner blog, I’ll share more about Uncle Rube and As the Crow Flies .
Sentry Grill, located in downtown Alexandria near Tamp and Grind, is the home of true homemade hamburgers.
Cheeseburger basket at The Sentry Grill. What’s your favorite best homemade burger? It can be current or historic. Mine was the famous hamburgers at Morel’s Skating Rink in Wye, La. RIP!
What’s your favorite homemade burger? Yours can be from the past or present.
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Crooked Bayou, where six generations of my family have hunted squirrels.
I discovered this old beech while hunting this week. It features (from top) the initials of my maternal grandfather, (OSP) Sidney Plott in 1961, my father Clayton Iles (CI) my great grandfather Frank Iles (FI) my mother Mary Plott (MP) my paternal grandfather, Lloyd Iles, then my mother (MI) after marriage in 1953. I was deeply moved by this Grandpa Tree. I plan to take all of my grandkids and let them carve their initials.This beech tree is where my youngest son, Terry, killed his first squirrel as a ten-year-old. I carved the date: 10-2-99. It was a Saturday, the first day of season. It’s hard to believe that Terry (who we still call T-Dawg) is a PhD student at Harvard. That’s a long ways from Crooked Bayou Swamp! I bet there’s not many squirrel hunters in Cambridge, Mass!
Kathleen Burnham Richard is part of our Dry Creek Camp family. Her comments meant the world to me.This morning I met Mr. Jim Wills at KALB-TV. He pitched for the Cubs in 1953-54. He is shown with his daughter Susan.Jim Willis’ Major League stats. Mr. Jim was a school principal after his playing career. He predicts the Cubs in 6!
Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller
