Clair pried on the lid of the box that had rusted shut. Her black hair hung over her eyes as she concentrated on her prize.Her mother stepped on the porch, "What are you doing to our rock doorstop?""It's not a rock it's a box!""My goodness, I plowed that thing up over in Grassy Cove. When we lived next to the old School House."After years of being shoved around by the door, hints of metal on the corner begin to be visible under the dirt and rust."I notice...

Our cabin in the mountains provides a quiet place to mediate and write. Gilmer County, Georgia is a great place to live or visit.View from the PorchView from the porch on Memorial day weekend,down the river they come in groups of five or ten.Some moving slow to stretch out the day,and others paddle fast looking for someone to play.The trees are full and I can no longer see,the neighbors that live across the river from me.River is no...

Winter in Georgia seemed normal this year,better than some of the past I hear,ice storms were common I recall,yet to see snow before the end of fall.A white Christmas we had at last,followed by a real Arctic cold blast,a long cold spell to thin the bugs out,good for peaches and end the drought.We average one or two inches of snow,winter of 2010-2011 gave us nine though,as for global warming I have no fear,global...

Some people say that we are who we are because of our environment and genes, but things have happened to me that lead me to believe that there is a something more directing our lives on this small planet. There are connections that are hard to explain. Connections with the people we meet and the places we live and visit. When I paused and looked back on my life I found lots of things that seemed divinely directed. A lot of them were not necessary about me, but about others and I only playe...

When you tackle a job,when you take on the mob,do you give it your all,or put things off till fall?When you're feeling low and not really with it,dig up those old projects and push the limit,listen to that inter voice that says do a little better,get an early start and show everyone you not a quitter.Set a goal with steps that are quite small,take each one in stride so not to fall,getting older brings a sort of urgency...

This is a collection of my first 340 Poems. Each group of about twenty six to forty poems with pictures were originally published in Chapbooks, small books of up to about forty pages and sold by chapmen who carried them around the country, selling from door to door. I first started playing around with poems in March of 2010, while sitting on the porch overlooking the Coosawattee River in north Georgia. In fact my first poem was titled Coosawattee. It became a kind of challenge to write abo...

Through the hole, Matthew heard voices in the distance. He whispered to the others to not make any noises, then he crawled into the hole. After several feet, it widened out on another ledge overlooking a large opening. Unexplained lights on the side of Blood Mountain were only the beginning of strange things that stirred up the residents of the small east Tennessee community. Matthew, Clair, John and Joann, the characters of "Drawn to Darkness", try to solve the mystery on Blood Mountain. ...

Life consist of interruptions, some are small and others are major. All make life immensely interesting.

Growing up just seems to happen, there is no stopping it. We get older each day. Along the way we have experiences that keep coming back, and replaying in our minds over and over again. At some point in life a lot of us will have the urge to write about them. I don’t know if my life is much different than all the other men who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s, but I would like to share it with you anyway. Some people say that we are who we are because of our environment and genes, but things h...

Matthew, Clair, John, and Joann had grown close in the small Tennessee town, playing along with the mountain and the river that flowed into the nearby lake. The Lost Treasure of Grassy Cove is the third in the series “Drawn to Darkness.” A few items in a box start the group off on another adventure.

Spring is here with bright green trees,winter has gone and left with a breeze,summer is coming with heat, flies and fleas,fall will bring color and maybe a freeze.Spring is here with lots of grass to mow,winter has gone and so has all the snow,summer is coming and everything will grow,fall will bring cool winds that blow.Spring is here with all the bees,winter has gone and left all those seeds,summer is coming with flo...

Life is full of everyday challenges,more than enough come our way without asking.What gives us drive the most are the challenges,we create in order to make life more interesting.How often do we eagerly accept something new?To learn something that we thought impossible,something different, something out of the blue.Something strange and explore the implausible?When I feel discouraged and somewhat defeated,I pick up a challenge...