Don't let this poem fool you. I am not depressed, but at any moment in time, I can recall all the thoughts and feelings of darker days. ...

Packed between the weddings of two beautiful young ladies, was my leisurely drive from Dallas to San Antonio Texas. Unlike Virginia,...

Sometimes I don't want to write anything. I want to bounce on the beach, glide with the gulls, hang with the horses or meander in the...

If you think the title is funny, then you must remember something of sentence diagramming and the nightmares that ensue. For me, it was...

Rain Soft rain A moist caress The lullaby of water Rain Hard rain A wet punch The roaring wave thrashing Rain Sporadic Rain A sudden jab...

I woke with the story alive in my brain. That was a two o'clock in the morning. Now it's gone. What happened to all those words and...

Tonight was first night of the Virginia Writers Club Symposium. The keynote speech, given by Austin Comacho, was an outline that answered...

I like to write in rhyme I do it all the time But sometimes It won't do Rhyme is peppy But there are times when "Peppy" is wrong Yes Not...

I was participating in my writing prompt group today and didn't notice that my phone had frozen. I had glanced at it a few times and it...

I’ve never liked going to cemeteries. I’ve always viewed them with a bit of fear. It was in 1981 when, as a young, stupid senior, I was...

A good way to learn to write is to read good writing. I've been on a mission to read as much children's literature as I can. I am...

It's a beautiful place with a mixed past. It's a memory of a man who did a lot for our country. Without him, and men like him, this...

I just read a fantasy, magic story that involved four different worlds. It is called Chronomancer and the Time God: Death of a Paradise,...

I've been on some treasure hunts recently. Yep, me and my magnet and a really long rope have pulled up several treasures from the river...

When the world is a storm of tears I find shelter in my stories. I float with Dandy Dandelion. I shoot growlers and wonder if there is...

Ghosts aren’t real! That’s what “They” say, But “They” haven’t seen mine I see them each day. Ghosts visit each morning When I open my...

I’d been teased because I was ugly. I’d been mistreated because it made them laugh. I’d been alone because nobody wanted to be my...