Michael was a quiet kid in elementary school. His teachers decided he was shy. They were in for a shock. Being dutiful pedagogists, Michael’s teachers agreed they had an obligation to help this unfortunate youngster overcome his debilitating ‘social handicap’. Their solution was to place Michael in situations occasionally that would require him to … More The Pantomime Hunter
My daughter Carrie, mother of two, posted these words on her Facebook page for Mother’s Day. Her thoughts are brilliant. I want to share them with you. By Carrie Broughton “I’ve been damn lucky in life. My mother was a truly amazing woman, and I’ve had other wonderful ‘mother-like’ women in my life: “My aunty … More Mother’s Day
People of a ‘mature persuasion’ know these things to be true: When having problems with your computer, ask your kids for help. If it’s urgent, ask your grandchildren. And so it came to pass one day in our den. Our family had just received our first home computer with all of the usual accouterments: monitor, … More Finding Plato
We didn’t plan on taking a bird dog along on our pheasant-hunting trip. But we got one just the same. This is how it happened. Pheasant hunting was a popular sport when I was a young man. My father was an avid pheasant hunter. We had a tradition – Dad and I hunted together on … More The Bird Dog
We’re excited and want to share it with you! A signed contract arrived this week from the company that will be publishing one of my novels. So that makes it official. Hallelujah! Endeavour Publishing Ltd. of London, UK, has purchased the worldwide e-book rights for The Ultimate Threat. The manuscript was sent off to them … More It’s Official!
Internationally celebrated concert violinist, Yi-Jia Susanne Hue, has a sense of humor. She shared the following story about a reaction she got after saying she’d been given the use of a rare Stradivarius violin. Susanne was in the middle of recording an album when a loan agreement with the Canada Council expired on an earlier … More The $6 Million Used Car
“How would you like to see a real igloo?” Bryan asked. “You bet!” I replied. And that’s how I became caught up in a deadly Arctic blizzard. A colleague and I met for coffee at a restaurant in Inuvik, NWT, a town in Canada’s high Arctic, when the ever-gregarious Bryan Samson joined us. He’d become famous by then. … More The Igloo
New boat owners endure a multitude of experiences while climbing steep learning curves. Some lessons are basic, some are humorous and some are frustrating . . . all are expensive. We were no exception. It was spring and we’d just taken possession of our 25-foot sleep-aboard cruiser. For years, Judi and I had dreamed about … More Anchors Away!
Bad decisions can make good stories. Here’s one. It was mid-summer and we’d set off to find bike trails at our local ski resort. Biking on ski runs? The contradiction was intriguing. The resort had begun to operate year round. In winter, it offers traditional downhill and cross-country skiing. And now in summer, it had opened many … More Comin’ Down The Mountain
John Thomas Shelley was a big man, both in stature and in his line of work. He was tall and sported an abundant girth that strained the captain’s chair where he presided over a family table seating up to 12. JT could be firm. He needed to be. He’d fathered 10 children and was a leader … More The Foot Race
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